Five tips for protecting your mental health while searching for a job

April 26, 2023

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While searching for a job can be an exciting time, it is also often a long and emotional process that may bring anxiety, uncertainty and/or rejection as you find the right fit. For Mental Health Awareness Month, we are to sharing five tips to help you take care of your mental health as you job hunt.  

Staff profile: Meet Laura Felix

April 19, 2023

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Laura is a compliance training analyst who’s been working to support our teams for more than three years. We asked her about her daily work, workforce development and how she spends her free time.

Utilizing human resources to create a more engaged and fulfilled workforce  

April 6, 2023

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The San Diego Employers Association (SDEA) helps small to mid-size businesses with HR support so both the business and their staff can thrive. SDEA helps its members navigate the complex nuances of employment law and compliance by providing personalized support and access to various HR advice, tools, resources and training services.

Celebrating Second Chance Month: Your past doesn’t define you 

April 5, 2023

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Each April, to support justice-involved individuals, the Department of Justice celebrates Second Chance Month. Second Chance Month recognizes the importance of helping individuals, communities and agencies across the country appreciate their role in supporting the safe and successful reentry of millions of people returning from incarceration each year

Staff profile: Meet John Maruri

April 3, 2023

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John Maruri is a business service navigator with the Workforce Partnership; his role is to connect with businesses, execute job fairs, support employers and more. Read on to learn more about the great work John is doing to help local employers thrive.

Women-owned tech business builds brand loyalty and sustainable growth through funding

April 2, 2023

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Sticky Digital is a startup digital marketing agency that helps its clients build brand loyalty through innovative emails and personalized messages. When their business started to grow, one of the founders and current chief revenue officer, Nicole Glock, contacted the San Diego Workforce Partnership’s business engagement team for help with hiring and training new employees.

Increasing diversity among women in business

March 6, 2023

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The San Diego & Imperial Women’s Business Center (WBC) works to secure economic justice and entrepreneurial opportunities for women by providing training, mentoring, business development and financing opportunities to women entrepreneurs throughout San Diego and Imperial counties.

Staff profile: Meet Angel Stancer

February 24, 2023

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Meet Angel Stancer, our senior manager of business experience! Angel has been with the Workforce Partnership for seven years supporting San Diegans by helping businesses with recruitment, accessing training funds and much more. This month, we asked Angel about her

Young adult struggling to ask for help gains a new perspective

February 8, 2023

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24-year-old Michael Lane was facing hard times. He was living out of his car, jobless and unsure what to do next. Living on his own with a minimal support system, he spent a lot of his free time at his local YMCA, where he would shower and work out to decompress. There, he got connected to the H.I.R.E program and began receiving the support he didn’t even realize was possible.

Black heroes and the fight for workforce equity

February 7, 2023

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Every year, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) choses a theme to help celebrate Black History Month. This year’s theme, Black Resistance, calls us to “study the history of Black Americans’ responses to establish