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Community leaders and elected officials gathered on Feb. 11 for a special event celebrating the many accomplishments of the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Career Center, located in the heart of downtown at the San Diego Central Library. The Career

Tieman (Ty) Chang was laid off from his engineering job in July 2012. He had previously worked for the defense industry for more than 10 years, but had recently moved into the commercial industry working as a program manager for

Rosa Ana Lozada, LCSW, is the CEO of Harmonium. She is also a member of SDWP’s Workforce Investment Board. Here she describes what motivated her to join the WIB and the workforce issues she is most passionate about. SDWP: What

San Diego City Council representative Myrtle Cole (District 4) has been named SDWP’s Policy Board Chair. Cole replaces County Supervisor Ron Roberts whose term expired. The transfer of duties took place at the Jan. 23 Policy Board meeting at the

Helping neighborhoods—that’s what One San Diego wants to be known for. And with strong connections and support from local government, business, education and philanthropy, it seems to be just the group to do it. One San Diego supports the interests

SDWP CEO Peter Callstrom (second from right) and several SDWP board members were honored as finalists in the San Diego Business Journal’s annual Most Admired CEO Awards, held at the Town and Country Resort & Convention Center on Jan. 28.

On Jan. 28, members of the San Diego Workforce Partnership’s Youth Programs team took part in a presentation about community collaborations at the California Workforce Association’s Youth Conference in Long Beach, Calif.  SDWP Program Specialist Sandra Bauler joined with San

Nearly 100 community leaders and residents gathered at the City Heights Weingart Library on Jan. 28 for a roundtable discussion of how to connect San Diegans to our innovation economy and bring economic opportunity to all neighborhoods. The forum, titled Education

In late January, SDWP CEO Peter Callstrom joined Mayor Kevin Faulconer in representing our region at the 83rd Annual Winter Meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) in Washington, D.C. A broad range of issues was addressed, including many

The San Diego Monthly Employment Report (November to December 2014) shows a decrease in the civilian unemployment rate, civilian labor force and civilian employment. Highlights from the report include: San Diego’s unemployment rate was 5.2 percent, down 0.6 percent from