The WorkPlace, southwestern Connecticut’s regional Workforce Development Board conducts comprehensive planning, and coordinates regional workforce development programs. As one of five Workforce Development Boards in the state, we continue to prepare people for careers...
CHICAGO (CBS) – Chicago and Cook County officials have teamed up to kick off a pilot program to help veterans and those who have been unemployed for a long time. WBBM Newsradio Political Editor Craig Dellimore reports the new program called “Platform to Employment”...
(NATIONAL) — You may have heard the good news this week about the improving employment picture for Americans in the still fragile economic recovery from the brutal Great Recession. The latest report from the Labor Department Friday seemed to bolster the theory...
Despite a rosier jobs picture in April, for Americans ages 55 or older who have been unemployed long-term, the prospect of finding work is greatly limited. Economic correspondent Paul Solman explores why older workers face joblessness and considerable financial...
Upon returning home last year from serving two years in the U.S. Army, Asma Njesada said her greatest challenge was finding a job. “I couldn’t understand what was wrong with me,” said the 25 year-old Dallas resident. After being unemployed for more than six months,...
