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Luis Salvatierra finished a successful career in the Navy as a technician working with explosives. He needed to find civilian employment in San Diego and was interested in the information technology field. Embarking on a new career is challenging, especially

Kevin Crawford is the President and CEO of United Way of San Diego County. He is also a member of SDWP’s Policy Board. Here he tells SDWP about his first job, the workforce issues he is most passionate about, and

Two members of the San Diego Workforce Partnership (SDWP) Leadership Team—Emilia Gabriele, Vice President and CFO, and Jessica Mosier, Director of Youth Programs—were honored as finalists in the San Diego Business Journal’s Women Who Mean Business Awards on Nov. 5

WIA is now WIOA. But what does that mean? That’s the question that Bob Lanter, Executive Director of the California Workforce Association (CWA), focused on during the CWA presentation “WIOA—An Overview of Legislation, Options and Implementation” at San Diego State

Using unique methodology for a complex industry, the California Community Colleges Life Sciences/Biotechnology Initiative, the Centers of Excellence for Labor Market Research, and the Bio-Link NSF/ATE Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences formed a project team to obtain actionable labor

With Comic-Con pre-registration just around the corner, SDWP reviewed the convention’s impact on San Diego. Although it is not possible to capture data on all jobs created specifically for Comic-Con, it is possible to review Comic-Con’s impact on the San

On Oct. 30, the San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) celebrated the work of its industry advisory members by hosting them at a special appreciation event held at the Handlery Hotel. More than 100 committee members and staff attended the event, which

Last program year (2013–2014), the San Diego Workforce Partnership (SDWP) began offering services to help companies avert layoffs through the Employee Retention Program, a pilot project coordinated by SDWP’s Rapid Response team. The program was developed specifically to retain existing

SDWP CEO Peter Callstrom attended the Close It Summit on October 27 and 28 in Washington, D.C. The summit was a national call to action for those engaged in creating new pathways from education to employment.  Building on momentum from

The South County Economic Development Council (SCEDC) hosted its 24th-annual Economic Summit in October, focusing on the region’s economic outlook, priority sectors and employment trends. “The South County EDC provides the Summit as an opportunity for attendees to learn about