Approximately 275 employees at more than 60 Southern Nevada small businesses and nonprofits will remain on the payroll thanks to an innovative Layoff Aversion Pilot developed by Workforce Connections, Southern Nevada’s Local Workforce Development Board. The pilot brings together public and private funding to support employers and employees impacted by COVID-19.
The Layoff Aversion Pilot utilizes $344,000 of federal Workforce ...
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Las Vegas, NV - Jaime Cruz is the new executive director of Workforce Connections, Southern Nevada’s Local Workforce Development Board (LWDB).
The appointment was made during a special meeting of the Southern Nevada Workforce Development Area’s Local Elected Officials Consortium (LEOs) after a structured interview process.
“I’m thrilled for the opportunity to lead the exceptional staff at Workforce Connections while continuing to improve ...
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Workforce Connections’ Nevada Day Super Hiring Event a Success
Workforce Connections' One-Stop Career Center held its Nevada Day Super Hiring Event on October 25, 2017 at the Boulevard Mall. Workforce Connections partnered with the Las Vegas Review-Journal to help bring an estimated 2,000 job seekers to meet more than 70 employers with open positions.
Here is the original press release:
Las Vegas, NV - October 18, 2017 - Workforce Connections’ One-Stop Career Center, in partnership with the Las Vegas ...
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Workforce Connections Awards More Than $14 Million to Help Southern Nevadans Get Back to Work
LAS VEGAS, NV - Workforce Connections, Southern Nevada’s Local Workforce Development Board (LWDB), awarded $14,337,000 in federal funds from the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) to ten local workforce agencies for the 2017-2018 fiscal year starting July 1, 2017, with the goal of training and employing a ready workforce in Southern Nevada.
Nonprofit agencies and organizations that provide employment and training ...
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Jim Kostecki Named as Interim Workforce Connections Executive Director
Las Vegas, NV - The Southern Nevada Workforce Development Area’s Local Elected Officials Consortium (LEOs) voted to appoint Jim Kostecki as interim executive director of Workforce Connections, Southern Nevada’s Local Workforce Development Board (LWDB), effective immediately.
Kostecki joined Workforce Connections in 2012 as finance manager and was promoted in 2016 to Chief Financial Officer where he supervises the finance department and all ...
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Workforce Connections to hold Pop-Up Career Fair: 89101 on Thursday, May 4, 2017
LAS VEGAS, NV - Workforce Connections is taking its successful career fairs on the road with the first ever Pop-Up Career Fair: 89101 to be held on Thursday, May 4, 2017 at the Clark County JJS Gymnasium, at 651 N. Pecos, Building F, Las Vegas, NV 89101, starting at 11 a.m.
“We are committed to taking resources to the neighborhoods that need us most,” said Kenadie Cobbin Richardson, Workforce Connections director of business engagement and ...
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Workforce Connections Announces Nevada Day Super Hiring Event on November 3, 2016
Workforce Connections will hold its third Nevada Day Super Hiring Event on Thursday, November 3, 2016 at 10 a.m. at the Culinary Academy of Las Vegas, 710 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89030, with the goal of placing qualified job candidates into new careers.
More than two dozen employers with more than 200 open jobs in career fields like health care, IT, manufacturing and hospitality will be interviewing potential hires on-site during the ...
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Workforce Connections Awards More Than $11.8 Million to Help Southern Nevadans Get Back to Work
Many people in our community need some assistance finding work, including adults who may be re-entering the workforce and who face barriers to employment, those that have been laid off or terminated, and younger workers who may need help to start or strengthen their career.
Recently Workforce Connections awarded $11,847,000 in federal funds to ten local nonprofit workforce agencies with the goal of training and employing a ready workforce in ...
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RFP 101 Workshop Scheduled for January 27, 2016
The Request for Proposal or "RFP" is essential for any business or organization hoping to qualify for Federal Workforce dollars. But many people do not understand the RFP process or have never learned how to avoid some of the common mistakes made in RFPs.
That is the purpose of a special workshop planned for Wednesday, January 27, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at Workforce Connections at 6330 W. Charleston Blvd, Suite 150, Las ...
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Workforce Connections to hold Request for Proposal (RFP) 101 Workshop on January 27, 2016
Las Vegas, Nevada - January 14, 2016 - Workforce Connections is holding a Request for Proposal (RFP) 101 Workshop on Wednesday, January 27, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Workforce Connections, 6330 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 150 Las Vegas, NV 89146 in the Rosalie Boulware Conference Room.
As the Southern Nevada Workforce Development Board, Workforce Connections awards local community and faith-based organizations approximately $20 million of ...
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