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The WorkPlace in the Media‘Skill Up CT’: Connecticut expands free, online job training program for all unemployed residents during the COVID-19 pandemic
The State of Connecticut is launching a free, online job training program for people who are unemployed during the COVID-19 pandemic. SkillUp CT was pioneered by the Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board outside Norwich, and has been expanded to include the...
Rhode Island Launches Online Learning Platform to Help Job Seekers
Platform to Employment will offer courses online and make tools freely available. The WorkPlace announces the launch of Platform to Employment (P2E) online to support workers that are now seeking employment remotely due to COVID-19. Platform to Employment has helped...
While our offices are closed to the public, we are still working for you.
While our offices are closed to the public, we are still working for you. Our response to this crisis has been an intellectual triumph fueled by our unrelenting passion to delivery for our customers. We did as we always do, we united in purpose and never subordinated...
Successful Employment Program Leverages Job Readiness of Skilled Workers While Addressing Employer Demand for Talent
Hartford, CT – March 5, 2020 The WorkPlace announces the state-wide graduation ceremonies of the nationally recognized Platform to Employment (P2E) program with classes from the Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven and Waterbury. Since its inception, P2E has helped over...
New Program Launched to Support Returning Citizens Find Employment. Platform to Employment Re-Entry Leverages Successful National Workforce Model.
Hartford, Connecticut - January 14, 2020 The WorkPlace is beginning its Platform to Employment (P2E) Re-Entry program in Hartford. In 2019 the state of Connecticut appropriated $800,000 for a pilot program to support returning citizens in gaining a stronger foothold...
State-funded Jobs program for ex-offenders launched in Bridgeport
CT Post - Linda Conner Lambeck - Dec. 5, 2019 BRIDGEPORT — Howard Robinson spent 38 years in prison. He’s out now and told an audience that included Gov. Ned Lamont and Mayor Joseph Ganim that all he really needs is a chance to find gainful employment. “We have to be...