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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....
Manufacturing Job Training Partnership Begins Program at Derby High School
Manufacturing remains a leading industry in the state, supporting over 150,000 jobs and providing family supporting wages to maintain thriving communities. Essential to the growth of manufacturing output is the continued flow of talented and skilled workers to move...
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...