Announcements

All Announcements

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  Youth Services Team to Hold WIOA TA Series
  Posted On: 10/10/2017

  On October 24th and 25th, the Youth Services Team within the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) will host a series of webinars entitled, "Our Journey Together: The WIOA Youth Program Technical Assistance (TA) Series." These four events will support the workforce system in their programming efforts to improve outcomes for youth.

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  WorkforceGPS Welcomes H-1B Strengthening Working Families Initiative (SWFI) Community of Practice
  Posted On: 10/4/2017

  WorkforceGPS is proud to announce that a new Community of Practice (CoP), specifically for H-1B Strengthening Working Families Initiative (SWFI) grantees, is now available.

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  Community of Practice Spotlight: Disability and Employment
  Posted On: 9/26/2017

  This month, the WorkforceGPS Team would like to introduce you to the Disability and Employment Community of Practice (CoP), an online learning destination for public workforce system staff and partners, jobseekers, community-based organizations, grantees, and businesses that provide services and programs to people with disabilities and/or other challenges to employment.

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  October 2017: National Disability Employment Awareness Month
  Posted On: 9/26/2017

  October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM).

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  Celebrate NEOWW! It’s National Employ Older Workers Week
  Posted On: 9/19/2017

  This week, September 24th – 30th, 2017 is National Employ Older Workers Week (NEOWW). During the last full week of September, NEOWW annually recognizes the vital role of older workers in the workforce and aims to increase awareness of this segment of workers and develop innovative strategies to utilize it.

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  Happy Labor Day from the WorkforceGPS Team
  Posted On: 8/31/2017

  Celebrated annually the first Monday in September, Labor Day is a national holiday that pays tribute to the workers who have contributed to the social and economic well-being of America and its people.

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  Community of Practice Spotlight: Older Workers
  Posted On: 8/22/2017

  This month, the WorkforceGPS Team would like to introduce you to the Older Workers Community of Practice (CoP). This CoP offers an online hub to share resources, news, and emerging practices about the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), which provides on-the-job skills training to individuals 55 or older with limited financial resources.

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  New Tutorial Available; Learn How to Update Your Member Profile
  Posted On: 8/10/2017

  An up-to-date Member Profile on WorkforceGPS is the first step in connecting with your colleagues as it enables your peers to find you in the Member Directory. If you haven’t updated your WorkforceGPS Member Profile recently, check out our latest tutorial on how to do it, then visit your Member Profile and ensure your information is current, so you don’t miss a thing!  

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  AJC Customer Flow Scenarios Now Available
  Posted On: 8/1/2017

  Many states and local areas have expressed a need for tools that help American Job Centers (AJCs) coordinate staff and partners to work collaboratively across programs. This newly released tool features five illustrated stories that represent scenarios of customer experiences and the guidance an AJC staff member might provide. These stories demonstrate the characteristics of a high-quality one-stop center, as described in TEGL 04-15. To view this resource, click here.

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  Collection Spotlight: LMI Central
  Posted On: 7/25/2017

  This month, the WorkforceGPS Team would like to introduce you to LMI Central, a portal to innovative and relevant sources of workforce and labor market information for data-driven planning.  The Labor Market Information (LMI) Central collection (or LMI Central for short) provides a diverse palette of LMI resources to assist you in "painting a picture" of your labor market and to help you improve your employment and training programs and policies.