Area Workforce Board Increases Opportunities for Job Seekers to Receive Training
Southeast Alabama, May 16, 2018 –Southeast AlabamaWorks local area workforce development board is pleased to announce the approval to raise eligible income limits for increased workforce training opportunities within the region. “It is important [...]
Reminder: Southeast AlabamaWorks! Quarterly Summit
Reminder: Southeast AlabamaWorks! Quarterly Summit Friendly Reminder Quarterly Workforce Summit Connect with us Please remember we are having our Quarterly Workforce Summit on Tuesday, September 26th at 2 p.m. We will [...]
HVAC Industry Meeting Wrap Up
Check Out our HVAC Industry Cluster Page! First and foremost, thank you for your interest in developing the workforce pipeline into the HVAC Industry. We want to thank [...]
SAME MISSION – NEW NAME
Dear Wiregrass WORKS Operators, Investors, School Leaders, and Volunteers: Southeast AlabamaWorks would like to thank you for all of your help and investment in the lives of our regional 8th-grade students to help them [...]
Southeast AlabamaWorks WIOA Board Local Area Plan
In compliance with the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act,(WIOA) the Southeast Alabama Works! Local Workforce Area is posting their annual plan for public comment. Any comments should be emailed to phee.friend@commerce.alabama.gov no later than September 15, [...]
July Quarterly Workforce Summit Wrap Up
Southeast AlabamaWorks! Quarterly Summit Wrap Up July Quarterly Workforce Summit Wrap Up Connect with us We want to thank all those who attended the Southeast AlabamaWorks Quarterly Summit Meeting on July 25th. [...]
ALABAMAWORKS! UPDATE AUGUST NEWSLETTER
View this email in your browserALABAMAWORKS! UPDATE NEWSLETTERAugust 17, 2017 2017 WORKFORCE CONFERENCERegister Now for This Year's ConferenceSet for Sept. 12-13 in MontgomerySept. 12 and 13 are the date for the 2017 Alabama Workforce Conference, [...]
New Workforce Development Partnership – ACCS and Walmart Distribution Center
Video provided by WSFA News 12 - Anson Brown Story By Rashad Snell of Alabama News Network - WAKA CBS 8 Posted: Aug 11, 2017 10:02 AM CDT Updated: Aug 11, 2017 10:23 AM CDT http://www.alabamanews.net/2017/08/11/roby-lynn-announce-new-workforce-development-partnership/ At [...]
AlabamaWorks 2017 Workforce Conference
AlabamaWorks 2017 Workforce Conference - Join Us! You don't want to miss this! Join us for the AlabamaWorks 2017 Workforce Conference will be held September 12th & 13th, 2017 at the Renaissance Hotel [...]
HVAC Industry Meeting
Story by: Courtney Chalder of WDHN News 18 Posted: Aug 07, 2017 05:55 PM CDT Updated: Aug 07, 2017 05:55 PM CDT http://www.dothanfirst.com/news/hvac-industry-meeting/784995629 "We need workers!We need young bright smart people that don't [...]
ALABAMAWORKS! UPDATE NEWSLETTER – July 18, 2017
View this email in your browser ALABAMAWORKS! UPDATE NEWSLETTER July 18, 2017 CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION Career Tech Gets Boost From Rep. Roby on Floor of U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Rep. [...]
Trucking and Transportation Jobs under Discussion
Story By: Anna Lewis of WDHN News 18 Posted: Jul 12, 2017 05:55 PM CDT http://www.dothanfirst.com/news/trucking-and-transportation-jobs-under-discussion/763967497 The Wiregrass and other surrounding locations are known for their Agriculture and Medical jobs; but what about the [...]
ESCC CONNECTIONS
View this email in your browser ESCC CONNECTIONS July 5, 2017 ESCC Presidential Search Underway Enterprise State Community College (ESCC) is excited to announce that a search for a permanent president for the institution [...]
Wiregrass WORKS Works: 14-year-old flies high at aviation camp
Story By: Jim Cook jcook@dothaneagle.com Jun 30, 2017 Wiregrass Works worked for Halle Poole. Poole, 14, attended an event for the organization, which connects students and adults with career development opportunities, a few months [...]
International Beams Announces Innovative Wood Products Manufacturing Facility Construction in Dothan, Alabama
International Beam Announces Dothan Manufacturing Facility Having trouble viewing this email? Click here FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 28, 2017 PRESS CONTACT Matt Hestad matt@hlstrategy.com (678) 378-3513 International Beams Announces Innovative [...]
Roby: Career & Technical Education Connects Today’s Students with the Careers of Tomorrow
For Immediate Release: Thursday, June 22, 2017 Contact: Todd Stacy or Emily Taylor, 202.225.2901 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Supporting career and technical education helps connect students with rewarding careers and boosts local economies by enhancing the workforce, [...]
Business grants available for training
Story By Josh Boutwell of the Andalusia Star News Email the author Published 12:23 am Tuesday, June 13, 2017 http://www.andalusiastarnews.com/2017/06/13/business-grants-available-for-training/ With unemployment rates and joblessness still at a level higher than anyone in the state would [...]
Community Workforce Update – Johnson Outdoors
Today, Southeast AlabamWorks, along with our partners Eufaula City Schools, Wallace [...]
ALABAMAWORKS! UPDATE NEWSLETTER – June 8, 2017
View this email in your browser ALABAMAWORKS! UPDATE NEWSLETTER June 7, 2017 COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM ACCS Board Gives Chancellor's Reins to Former Acting Chancellor Jimmy Baker Jimmy Baker’s title officially changed this spring from acting [...]
2002-2024 Fast Growing & High Demand Occupations – Region 6
Southeast AlabamaWorks has been tracking the Fastest Growing and Highest Demand Occupations and Projections for our region since 2002. The Alabama Department of Labor has just released the data and projections for 2024. We [...]
Dale County student finishes high school and aviation course at the same time
Story By Alison Lorraine | WTVY 4 News Posted: Wed 4:53 PM, May 24, 2017 | Updated: Wed 6:18 PM, May 24, 2017 http://www.wtvy.com/content/news/Dale-County-student-flip-flops-schedule-to-finish-aviation-and-high-school-courses-at-the-same-time--424163994.html OZARK, Al. (WTVY) - College isn't for everyone, that's why some students turn [...]
Number and Percentage of Workforce Ready Graduates Increased in 2016
Just over 60 percent of Alabama’s 2016 high school graduates scored “workforce ready” in 2016, according to new results from ACT’s WorkKeys assessment. The Class of 2016’s success rate, 61.3 percent, improves on the [...]
ESCC Paralegal Studies Approved By American Bar Association
Enterprise State Community College (ESCC) is pleased to announce that the American Bar Association (ABA) has granted approval to the Paralegal Studies Program offered at ESCC. Paralegal education programs that are approved by the [...]
Eufuala City Schools Exciting News
First Eufaula High School student earn Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) License Angie Dunn, Eufaula High School senior, is the first Eufaula High School student to pass both parts of the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) [...]
Career Connections for Students
Eufaula City Schools has partnered with StaffingSolutions to establish Workforce Specialists. This innovative work-based learning program is aimed at placing certified career and technical education students in specific industry areas. Through these placements, the [...]
Sheet Metal Program Adds Skilled Technicians to Wiregrass Workforce
By Christie McCloud, Wallace Community College Dothan, Ala.– Sisters Annie Jewel Sconiers and Annie Doris Quinn have a thing or two in common. For starters, they have the same first name. And as of December [...]
Workforce development: A much-needed initiative
Story Credit: TimeDaily May 10, 2017 The Alabama Department of Commerce clearly understands the importance of workforce development. For the past five years, the department has worked tirelessly to streamline and improve the state’s [...]
Regional Community College Partners Update
Enterprise State For-Credit Efforts in Support of Workforce Development ESCC has launched a new short-term certificate in the Computer Information Science (CIS) Division called "The IT Professional". It is a 24-credit-hour certificate that leads [...]
Wallace-Dothan Receives Top National Honor for Student Success
(left to right): Tony Holland, dean of instruction, and Dr. Linda C. Young, WCCD president. Dothan, Ala. – The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) recently named Wallace Community College – Dothan (WCCD) [...]
Dothan Technology Center is getting a welding program
Source: The Dothan Eagle Jim Cook jcook@dothaneagle.com Apr 11, 2017 Updated Apr 12, 2017 The Dothan City Schools system will soon pilot a dual enrollment welding program at Dothan Technology Center. Students got [...]
Career Academy expands job shadowing, adult education programs
Source: © 2017, The Greenville Advocate The Health Science and JROTC departments of the Butler County Career Academy has expanded its job shadowing and adult education program throughout Butler County. The programs have now [...]
PY 2017 One-Stop Operator Title I Service Provider RFP
PY 2017 One-Stop Operator Title I Service Provider RFP Potential Service Providers: This Request for Proposals (RFP) is to solicit proposals for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Alabama Career Center One-Stop Operator [...]
Butler County Career Academy – Central Office Take Over Day!
Students from Butler County's FBLA, HOSA, FFA, and JAGS got the experience of job shadowing different positions of Butler County Board of Education. Seven [...]
Sen. Martha Roby Visits GTech
Story Credit: Todd Stacy or Emily Taylor – 202.225.2901 Image Credit: Lance Griffin/Dothan Eagle Roby Weekly Column: Communities Make Progress on Career Tech With February being National Career and Technical Education Month, last week I visited two [...]
Butler County Career Academy celebrates third year
Posted: Oct 25, 2016 4:08 PM CST Updated: Oct 25, 2016 5:29 PM CST by Caitlyn Cline The Butler County Career Academy started in October of 2013. Then, it served almost 600 students and only [...]
Accelerate Alabama 2.0
Accelerate Alabama 2.0 Handbook Accelerate Alabama 2.0 includes the identification of targeted business sectors for Alabama to focus its efforts, as well as recommendations or accelerators, and related tactics, centered on three economic [...]
Wallace Community College-Dothan new Health Science Building!
Wallace Community College-Dothan recently opened the doors to the incredible new Health Science Building! This has been an exciting and an extremely busy time for us, and we have been fortunate to have our [...]
Truck Drivers and Nurses in High Demand as State Workforce Nears 2 Million for First Time in Almost 10 Years
By: Dana Beyerle June 20, 2016 The Alabama Department of Labor said truck drivers and nurses were the most sought-after employees in May, followed by retail salespersons, based on online help wanted ads. The Labor [...]
LBW, CARCAM Partner to Educate
Published 7:24 pm Friday, January 20, 2017 Via - The Greenville Advocate LBW Community College is now partnered with the Consortium for Alabama Regional Center for Automotive Manufacturing (CARCAM). CARCAM is one of 42 [...]
Drivers, nurses top employment advertising
The Andalusia Star-News Published 12:50 am Saturday, January 21, 2017 Data collected and analyzed by the Alabama Department of Labor’s Labor Market Information Division shows that the most online wanted ads were for heavy [...]
Apprenticeship Alabama aims to invest in workers
October 20, 2016 - Words by Dawn Azok MONTGOMERY, Alabama — A new program approved this year by the Alabama Legislature aims to invest in the state’s top asset when it comes to recruiting [...]
Wayne Farms’ massive new feed mill seen as big boost for Dale County
Danny Tindell - Dothan Eagle Lance Griffin Jan 10, 2017 Updated Jan 11, 2017 Via - Dothan Eagle - http://bit.ly/2ihlNAm NEWTON - It takes a lot to feed more than 2.5 million chickens per week. Three [...]
Headland Red Star Yeast plant expands, adds 20 jobs
Jay Hare - Dothan Eagle Lance Griffin Jan 10, 2017 Updated Jan 11, 2017 Via - Dothan Eagle - http://bit.ly/2j5OoL9 An expansion planned more than two years ago became a reality Tuesday [...]
New Unified Workforce System to Better Link Employers and Job Seekers
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alabama business, education and workforce training leaders announced today a major step in transforming the state’s workforce development efforts into one unified system. The new system, AlabamaWorks, will seamlessly link employers looking [...]
AlabamaWorks! Transformation Update – October
"Worlds of Opportunity" and "Worlds of Work" Big congratulations to our Regional Workforce Councils in Southwest Alabama and West Alabama for again hosting very successful career expos that exposed thousands of eighth-graders and [...]
AlabamaWorks! Transformation Update – September
Construction Craft Academy Now Training Students One of the most satisfying and exciting aspects of the rebranding of Alabama’s workforce system is that the process brings so many key stakeholders together for a [...]