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The WorkPlace, expecting wave of post-pandemic job seekers, offers pop-up employment centers

Westfair Communications By Kevin Zimmerman - September 21, 2021 The WorkPlace has its work cut out for it. On Sept. 23, the Bridgeport workforce development agency is officially launching “Pop-Up” American Job Centers to further help workers displaced by the pandemic...

COVID-19 And Unemployment with Joe Carbone of The WorkPlace

Interview with ComcastNewsmakers.com The longer you are unemployed the less employable you become. The WorkPlace President & CEO, Joe Carbone, discusses Connecticut's high unemployment rate and the Platform to Employment Program helping people get back to work....

DeLauro, Himes Announce Nearly $1.3 Million YouthBuild Grant for The WorkPlace

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04) today announced that The WorkPlace in Bridgeport, Connecticut, has been awarded $1,292,935 under the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration YouthBuild program. These...

Summer Inspirations – 2021 Annual Benefit

The pandemic has disproportionately impacted women around the world. Dress for Success empowers women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire, and the development tools to thrive in work and life. We need to support...

Opinion: A message to the long-term unemployed

By Joseph Carbone, Pres/CEO, The WorkPlace. New Haven Register. April 28, 2021 Long-term unemployment is defined as being out of work for six months or longer. It seems simple and clear, but it’s not. There is no asterisk or footnote that describes its penchant to...

The WorkPlace receives $200K EPA grant to train Bridgeport students in brownfield remediation

Fairfield County Business Journal. By Kevin Zimmerman - March 12, 2021. Bridgeport’s The WorkPlace Inc. is receiving a $200,000 Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT) grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The WorkPlace is one...