By Amy Haimerl. January 16, 2014 Even as Congress breaks for a 10-day recess without having extended federal unemployment benefits, local and national organizations are coming together to try to help those who have been without work for six months or more. Detroit...
November 16, 2013. By Nona Willis-Aronowitz, NBC News contributor When Bret Lane was laid off from his telecommunications sales job after 16 years, he wasn’t worried. He’d never been unemployed for more than a few days since he started working as a teenager. But...
The Denver Post, by Aldo Svaldi Mark DePumpo once thought he had what he wanted in life — a nice home, cars, vacations and enough income to afford an early retirement. Then the 2008 financial crisis hit, upending the sale of his business, including a job with the new...
Platform to Employment kicking off its first Denver class on November 4 DENVER — The Denver Office of Economic Development (OED) will launch the first local class of the popular Platform to Employment (P2E) program, a unique and ambitious curriculum that specifically...
Bridgeport, CT (October 23, 2013) In recognition of Veterans Day The WorkPlace and the Connecticut Department of Labor would like to gather and say thank you to veterans who honorably served their nation in the military and continue to add to the quality of the...
