The reaction was as predictable as it was unenlightening. On Dec. 28, President-elect Donald Trump claimed that 8,000 new jobs were coming to America because of “the spirit and the hope” his election had sparked. Trump’s supporters rushed to praise the real estate developer and reality TV show star. “Are you getting tired of all
Here’s the challenge Virginia Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam heard from constituents during a recent roundtable with local business owners: Employers are ready and willing to hire more workers into middle- and high-skill technical jobs, but there aren’t enough workers who have the right amount of post-high-school training to even begin the job-specific training. “We have
Layne Beatty had a Class B commercial driver’s license and no technical experience. Robison Oil needed a service technician. It was a match made in America. First, Robison hired Beatty as a warehouse worker. Then it put him through technical training and summer classes with Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act support. And now Beatty’s got
There’s a lovely moment tucked into J.K. Rowling’s universe-expanding Harry Potter spin-off, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” that anyone involved in a school rivalry is sure to appreciate. As the breakneck plot slows for a bit of world-connecting backstory, two heroes on the same side of a battle, but from opposite ends of
Inclusion works. That is the message of a national campaign seeking to highlight the benefits of bringing more people with disabilities into the workforce. It’s also a central tenet of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, which made significant changes to federal laws aimed at helping workers with disabilities access employment, education, job training and