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CARES Act funds extends Next Level Jobs training grant programs through end of 2020

July 8, 2020 – By Larry Avila

A pair of state-run job training programs will continue operating through the end of the year.

Filed Under: Business News Bits, Workforce Tagged With: Around the Region, CARES Act, Employer Training Grant, Gov. Eric Holcomb, Next Level Jobs, Workforce Readiness Grant

More than 10,000 Hoosiers have used state grant program to boost skills for high-demand jobs

January 17, 2020 – By Larry Avila

More than 10,000 Hoosiers have completed a high-demand certificate program through Indiana’s Next Level Jobs Workforce Ready Grant, which provides tuition-free certificates in five of the state’s most high-demand professions.

Filed Under: Business News Bits, Government, Workforce, Workforce Training Tagged With: Around the Region, certificate program, Gov. Eric Holcomb, high-demand professions, Holcomb, Next Level Jobs, workforce development, Workforce Ready Grant

Indiana ready for the world

October 3, 2019 – By Lesly Bailey Leave a Comment

Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor a logistics leader

Education, engagement, talent development, teamwork and informed insight, along with infrastructure, keep the Region heading in the right direction logistically, experts say.

Filed Under: 2019-Oct-Nov, Transportation & Logistics Tagged With: Alicia Thomas, Andy Mason, Bryce Carpenter, Cline Avenue Bridge Project, Conexus Indiana, Crossroads of America, Eman Ibrahim, Erin Sweitzer, Gary airport, Gov. Eric Holcomb, Ignite the Region, Indiana Economic Development Corp., Ivy Tech Community College, Jack Schoenfelder, Jennifer Mann, logistics, made in Indiana, Next Level Jobs, Next Level Roads, Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission, NWI Forum’s Ignite the Region, ort of Indiana-Burns Harbor, Partners for Clean Air Industrial Award, Peter Kimball, Scott Weber, St. Lawrence Seaway

Manufacturing bright future

August 2, 2019 – By Jerry Davich Leave a Comment

Preparing workers for industry

Region takes steps to ensure industry builds on technological skills, workforce needed for success Since the first steel mills opened along the Lake Michigan shoreline, Northwest Indiana has repeatedly proven highly adaptable to meeting the needs of manufacturing. Still this unheralded sector of American productivity continues to be viewed as a dirty, dangerous industry despite […]

Filed Under: 2019-Aug-Sep, Manufacturing Tagged With: American Precision Services, Center of Workforce Innovations, Indiana manufacturing, Ivy Tech Community College, La Porte Economic Advancement Partnership, Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce, manufactruing, manufacturing in Indiana, manufacturing jobs, Michigan City Chamber of Commerce, Next Level Jobs, Northwest Indiana Business Magazine, Purdue University Northwest, State of the Workforce

More Indiana residents utilizing state grant programs to further education beyond high school

March 6, 2019 – By Larry Avila

Workforce development

A growing number of Hoosiers are utilizing state grant programs to help them get the education they need to land a career in a high-demand field. In advance of Gov. Eric Holcomb’s first meeting March 6 as a member of the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board, Holcomb was expected to share with the board that […]

Filed Under: Business News Bits Tagged With: 21st century workforce, Around the Region, Employer Training Grants Indiana, Gov. Eric Holcomb, higher education, Indiana Next Level Jobs Workforce Ready Grant, Next Level Jobs, workforce development

Need Training?

August 2, 2018 – By Lauren Caggiano Leave a Comment

Tonn and Blank Construction

Region builds up resources to keep workers’ skills sharp Technology has changed the way we do business, but the need for qualified talent has remained constant. Local experts in the field of workforce development and employers who are reaping the benefits of better-trained labor say the present and future of the regional labor landscape will […]

Filed Under: 2018-Aug-Sep, Workforce Training Tagged With: center for workforce innovations, Eric Holcomb, linda woloshansky, Next Level Jobs, skilled trades, unions, workforce training

Governor’s Workforce Cabinet cleared to fill role of workforce development board

June 12, 2018 – By Larry Avila

Northwest Indiana Business Magazine

The Department of Labor approved Gov. Eric Holcomb’s waiver request, allowing the recently formed Governor’s Workforce Cabinet to fill the role of the state’s federally mandated workforce development board. The Governor’s Workforce Cabinet launched in August 2017 and leads Holcomb’s Next Level Jobs Initiative, the program which connects residents with the skills and training they […]

Filed Under: Business News Bits Tagged With: Around the Region, employment, Gov. Eric Holcomb, Governor's Workforce Cabinet, job training, Next Level Jobs, workforce development

Indiana Can Lead on Workforce Challenges

February 9, 2018 – By Blair Milo Leave a Comment

Blair Milo

Systemic change requires team effort Across the US, and even the world, the changing nature of work is a critical challenge for workers, employers, educators, policy-makers and others. When I had the opportunity to serve as Mayor of La Porte, Indiana, and work with a community team growing investment and development in our city, our […]

Filed Under: 2018-Feb-Mar, Viewpoint Tagged With: Employer Training Grant, Next Level Jobs, Workforce Ready Grant

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