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San Diego Workforce Partnership President and CEO Peter Callstrom has been named to the San Diego Regional Continuum of Care Council (RCCC) governance board. The RCCC is a community-based forum focused on homelessness in the San Diego region. The group consists

SAN DIEGO (May 21, 2014) – CONNECT2Careers (C2C), a youth summer employment initiative administered by the San Diego Workforce Partnership (SDWP), has announced it reached its goal of 1,000 youth applicants for its 2014 summer program. Additionally, on May 20

Last month San Diego Workforce Partnership staff attended the National Association of Workforce Development Professionals (NAWDP) annual conference in Denver. NAWDP advocates for the workforce industry and develops the professional capacity of workforce professionals seeking the highest standards of excellence

More than 900 San Diego youth have applied to take part in the CONNECT2Careers (C2C) 2014 summer employment program. An initiative of SDWP, C2C prepares our region’s future workforce by providing youth with the education, skills and support necessary to

On May 8 and 9, SDWP President and CEO Peter Callstrom attended the STEP Central’s 2014 STEPWork Meeting at the University of Central Florida, Harris Engineering Center in Orlando. The conference brings together leaders from the education and workforce worlds to

Ron Roberts is a San Diego County Supervisor, representing District 4. He is also the chair of the San Diego Workforce Partnership’s Policy Board.  SDWP: How have you seen our region’s workforce challenges change during your time with the Policy

For veterans, a key component of the transition from military to civilian life is finding and maintaining employment. With this in mind, the San Diego-based National Veterans Transition Services Inc. (NVTSI) developed REBOOT Workshops to help members of the military

The California Employment Development Department released the latest unemployment numbers for the San Diego region, indicating that the unemployment rate declined from 7.0 percent in February 2014 to 6.9 percent in March 2014. Comparatively, California and the nation showed an unadjusted

SDWP is proud to announce that David Graham, vice president of Informational Technology is a finalist in the 2014 San Diego Magazine Top Tech Exec Awards, which honor outstanding IT executives in San Diego. Graham joined SDWP in December 2012.

WIB Member Profile: Louis Song Co-founder & CEO PROVEN, Inc. Headquartered in San Diego, PROVEN provides consulting and contingent staffing solutions in the areas of life sciences, technology, finance, accounting and operations on a direct-hire, contract-to-hire, and contract basis. Since starting in 2007,