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Announcing the 2010 Heartland Conference - take part in the discussion!
The U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA) Region 5, in conjunction with the Great Lakes Employment and Training Association (GLETA), is hosting the Heartland Conference to be held April 7-9, 2010 in Chicago, IL at the downtown Hyatt Regency Hotel. Don't miss the opportunity to connect with Heartland 2010 presenters and participants. We will be posting many of our upcoming Conference sessions. Share your ideas and best practices, post your comments and help build an interactive learning community. STAY TUNED, TAKE PART IN THE DISCUSSION & REGISTER TODAY!
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The U.S. Department of Labor Announces the Results of its “Tools for America's Job Seekers Challenge”
Finding a job in today's economy is hard work, and job seekers need to have the best tools at their fingertips. To help uncover new and effective on-line job search and career advancement tools, DOL challenged entrepreneurs and organizations to showcase their online solutions, and invited workforce system decision-makers and job seekers to explore, comment on, and recommend tools.
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03/03/10 11:57AM
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Social Media and Reemployment
With U.S. unemployment hovering near 10%, jobseekers are increasingly turning to their social networks for job leads, employer information, and moral support. A brief scan of the blogosphere results in wealth of advice for the unemployed, with topics ranging from a grounding in social media etiquette to the tangible steps jobseekers can take to create a strong brand using web 2.0 technologies. In his Personal Branding blog for Business Week, Dan Schawbel, author of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success, argues that LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and blogging are much better tools for finding jobs that speak to a jobseeker's unique passions and interests as compared to the traditional job board. Skip Job Boards and Use Social Media Instead by Dan Schawbel http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/jul2009/ca20090728_587107.htm
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NAWB Forum Information
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02/17/10 01:24PM
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The Power of Partnership: American Regions Collaborating for Economic Competitiveness 2009 Generation I WIRED Interim Evaluation Repor
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02/07/10 04:06PM
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oregonemployment.blogspot.com!
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What's in your toolbox?
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06/23/09 08:00AM
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Ten ways Twitter will change the way potential clients look at you
24/7 Wall St. has come up with 10 ways in which Twitter will permanently change business within the next two to three years based on an examination of Twitter's model, the ways in which Twitter is currently being used, and some of the logical extensions of how Twitter will be used in the future. The article can be found at http://247wallst.com/2009/05/26/the-ten-ways-twitter-will-permanently-change-american-business/
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06/04/09 10:26AM
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ARRA Financial and Administrative Requirements
The Recovery Act includes unprecedented accountability and transparency provisions. Ask questions to our experts regarding key financial and administrative requirements, including oversight of Recovery funds, financial tracking and reporting, obligation and expenditure requirements. Discussions will also include allowable summer youth work experiences and expedited summer youth procurement actions.
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05/15/09 12:33PM
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ARRA Performance Reporting
This session will cover guidelines for reporting performance accountability information for the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth programs, including summer youth employment, National Emergency Grants, the Wagner-Peyser Act, and the Reemployment Services programs receiving additional funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
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05/15/09 12:20PM
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post-google community of practice ponderings
community of practice
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05/05/09 11:25AM
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Strengthening One-Stop Career Centers - One-Stop Chart
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05/04/09 01:14PM
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The Front Line Working with Customers to Bridge Skills Gap - handout
The State of Indiana has taken measureable steps to coordinate state and local efforts to improve the way the workforce system provides reemployment services to the unemployed worker segment of the talent pool. This case study will focus on how Indiana used the TORQ tool to analyze the skills gap of dislocated workers from the airline industry to the competency requirements of jobs in growing/emerging sectors.
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04/30/09 03:19PM
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The Front Line - Working with Customers to Bridge the Skills Gap - Hope Clark
The State of Indiana has taken measureable steps to coordinate state and local efforts to improve the way the workforce system provides reemployment services to the unemployed worker segment of the talent pool. This case study will focus on how Indiana used the TORQ tool to analyze the skills gap of dislocated workers from the airline industry to the competency requirements of jobs in growing/emerging sectors.
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04/30/09 03:16PM
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Strengthening One Stop Career Centers plenary - Louis Jacobson
This talk will examine cost-effective ways for One-Stop Career Centers to help more unemployed workers find jobs and build skills that will spur future growth. Three separate ways to increase One-Stop’s ability to serve unemployed workers during the current recession will be discussed: (1) improving the accountability system to accurately measure the value of job search assistance (JSA) and training, and relating benefits to costs; (2) speeding unemployed workers’ return to work by increasing the number of jobs listed with the public labor exchange and by calling in more UI claimants to receive high quality JSA; and (3) improving counseling services to help more unemployed workers succeed in high-return skills training programs, and providing the necessary funds to offer more training programs and opportunities.
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04/30/09 12:11PM
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ETA's Recovery Act Readiness Consultations - Richard Chavez
All local workforce area staff attending the Forum are encouraged to participate in a post-forum session to learn about ETA’s Recovery Act Readiness Consultations with state and local workforce investment areas.
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04/30/09 11:34AM
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Summary of Reemployment Architects and Designers Vision for the "Ideal Reemployment System"
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04/30/09 09:53AM
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Kansas State Plan - Technology & Data Management
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04/23/09 11:42AM
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Green Collar Workers, and other Mythical Creatures
Labor market analysts have to cut through the fog of overlapping, conflicting and even nonsensical uses of the terms “green jobs” and “green collar workers” before they can give valid and reliable counts of workers employed in them, provide employment demand growth estimates and identify the requisite KSAs for green employment (as opposed to employment in their non-green predecessors). This monograph explores the myths and mysteries of green collar jobs and offers an action agenda to aid workforce professionals in understanding and implementing job training requirements imposed by Title X of the Green Jobs Act of 2007.
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