News & Stories

Nancy Gangi is Regulatory Compliance Advisor at the San Diego Workforce Partnership. Here she describes her role, discusses what she likes best about working in workforce development and shares one of her proudest professional moments. 

Brian Fischbach is Center Director at Job Corps. He is also a member of the San Diego Workforce Partnership’s Workforce Investment Board. Here he describes what motivated him to join the WIB and the workforce issues he is most passionate

The U.S. News STEM Solutions National Leadership Conference was held June 29-July 1, 2015 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego. The fourth annual conference brought together more than 1,500 stakeholders from all sectors of the national STEM community

Malcolm Charles understands his customers like few other servers can. “I’ve been homeless before,” shares Malcolm, who is currently working on a food truck that specializes in serving the homeless population. Malcolm was attending Diego Valley Charter School to study

On June 24, the San Diego Workforce Partnership conducted another How to Do Business with SDWP community presentation at the Logan Heights Branch Library. Thirty-three representatives from small businesses and community-based organizations attended. District 8 Councilmember David Alvarez invited businesses,

On June 22, 123 youth attended a recruitment and job-readiness event at the Jacob Center for Neighborhood Innovation with support from City of San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s office and the Commission on Gang Prevention and Intervention. Job applicants networked

The San Diego Monthly Employment Report (April 2015 to May 2015) shows an increase in the civilian unemployment rate, labor force and employment. Highlights from the report include: San Diego’s unemployment rate was 4.9 percent in May, up 0.1 percent

On June 16, the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) held the Live Well San Diego South County Thriving Summit at Southwestern College to develop opportunities for all people and communities to grow, connect and enjoy the

On June 12, the San Diego Workforce Partnership and San Diego Metro Career Centers held a General Dynamics NASSCO recruitment event at the Jacobs Center. NASSCO has been designing and building ships since 1960, specializing in auxiliary and support ships

The San Diego Workforce Partnership (SDWP) has received a $499,941 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration that will be used to launch a career center at the Sheriff’s Department’s East Mesa Reentry Facility and a second,