WorkAdvance

Today over 40 people showed up at the Rockport Library to learn more about WorkAdvance and PPG.  Participants were able to get information about applying to PPG and learn about how WorkAdvance can help improve their application.  PPG attended to talk about their openings, which start at $13-14/hour.  You can still participate by calling 614-696-7311 and asking to attend a manufacturing orientation!

This week, has been busy!  WorkAdvance:

• Enrolled our 100th participant!
• Launched a Twitter feed!
• Was featured in Advance Northeast Ohio’s Newsletter.  In the newsletter, Clevaflex President Michael J. Sherwin talks about how WorkAdvance helped his firm.  More on that story here: http://www.theplus.us/advance.aspx.

We are excited about these milestones!

Attend a recruiting event in Cleveland!  PPG, a major manufacturing company, is partnering with WorkAdvance to recruit for current openings.  Jobs start at $14 and WorkAdvance participants get priority access.  

You can read more here.

Be sure to call Bill Cline at 216-696-5750 x 232 or email ccinfo@waneo.org to get scheduled for the 2/9 Orientation.

Read the full Press Release HERE.

 Tuesday December 13, 2011 from 9am – 11am, Columbiana County-78960 Lincole Place in Lisbon,OH

 Wednesday December 14, 2011 from 9am-11am, Mahoning County-141 Boardman-Canfield Road in Boardman,OH

 Thursday December 15, 2011 from 1:00pm -3:00pm, Trumbull County-280 N. Park Ave, Suite 1 in Warren,OH

Compass Family & Community Services (formerly Burdman Group) will be hosting informational recruiting sessions in conjunction with various local One-Stops, to promote WorkAdvance—a new career pathway program targeting manufacturing and healthcare careers across theMahoningValley.   The Informational Sessions will be held at Local One-Stop Offices and will feature employers from these two industries. The employers will tell candidates about career opportunities available in each field. Read the rest of this entry »

WorkAdvance is a collaboration of Northeast Ohio workforce and economic development organizations working together to serve 1,000 Northeast Ohio residents interested in entering or advancing in the manufacturing or healthcare sectors.  Led by Towards Employment, WorkAdvance was awarded $5.5 million for the five-year project which includes a random assignment research design to evaluate program impact.   Read the rest of this entry »

WorkAdvance is now recruiting throughout Cuyahoga and Mahoning County.  Do you know of someone interested in a career-path in manufacturing or healthcare?  WorkAdvance may be for them!

WorkAdvance offers free career services to help low-income, under- or unemployed individuals connect with career paths in either sector.  WorkAdvance isn’t just another job-placement program–participants will also have access to career coaching, occupational skills training, job-readiness workshops, and other supports to assure the can get a job AND advance within their chosen sector.

To help spread the word, you can print a flyer for Cuyahoga or Mahoning county and hand it out to clients, friends, neighbors, or anyone else who may be interested in career advancement!