Workforce Solutions Capital Area will hold a hiring event focused on area veterans at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex on Hargrave Street in District 1.
Category: Job Seekers
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Veterans receiving employment opportunities through Workforce Solutions Capital Area
KXAN Sally Hernandez sits down with David Olson with Workforce Solutions Capital Area, who talks about how the organization is hosting a hiring event to employ veterans.
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Hiring Red, White & You! Job Fair giving employment opportunities for veterans
KXAN Will DuPree and Avery Travis sit down with Anna Baker, the TX Veterans Commission Veteran Employment Services Director, and Isaac Marquez-Diaz, an army veteran, who talk about employment opportunities available for those who served in the military.
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¿Buscas trabajo? La feria Texas HireAbility 2024 ofrece oportunidades laborales para personas con discapacidades
El 17 de octubre, Workforce Solutions Capital Area llevará a cabo la Feria de Empleo Texas HireAbility 2024 en Austin, Texas. Este evento conecta a personas con discapacidades a oportunidades laborales y capacitación gratuita. Asistirán diversos empleadores enfocados en la inclusión laboral y la accesibilidad.
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Workforce Solutions hosting job fair for Texans with disabilities
The “Texas HireAbility Job Fair” will connect Texans with disabilities with local job opportunities.
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Job fairs seeking workers with disabilities, manufacturing experience
Workforce Solutions Capital Area is helping to promote a pair of career fairs to help connect local workers with prospective employers, including those looking to fill thousands of manufacturing and skilled trades jobs needed locally in the coming decade.
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City of Austin to hold job fair geared toward people over 50 years old
The City of Austin invites all individuals 50 years old and up to join their community job fair Wednesday, Sept. 25.
The 50+ Community Job Fair hosted by the City of Austin will provide community members with opportunities to meet multiple City of Austin departments and employers.
The job fair will take place Wednesday Sept. 25 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Workforce Solutions Capital Area North building.
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From the Desk of Tamara Atkinson–How to Find a Job
For Tamara, workforce development is personal. When she moved back to Austin in 1999 (after attending undergrad at The University of Texas), she had only $800 in her bank account, temporary housing and a baby with life-threatening health problems. Tamara needed a job to help her survive. The first company that gave her a chance was Workforce Solutions Capital Area (formerly WorkSource). The opportunity at Workforce Solutions Capital Area, the nonprofit responsible for the data-driven planning, oversight, and evaluation of workforce development activities in Austin-Travis County, changed the trajectory of her life.
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Austin Community College to offer free job training to some unhoused individuals
Around two dozen people experiencing homelessness will soon have the opportunity to become certified in heating and air conditioning maintenance through free training offered by Austin Community College (ACC).
The training is the result of a partnership between ACC and Urban Alchemy, the nonprofit that manages the ARCH and 8th Street shelters. Twenty-five people living at those shelters will be able to participate in the HVAC training program.
According to Urban Alchemy, two representatives for ACC approached the ARCH eight months ago to start the program. After much collaboration between the shelter, Workforce Solutions and ACC, the free program is expected to launch this month.
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Pflugerville Public Library launches new online platform for skilled trades industry
There are thousands of jobs in fields like construction, transportation and utilities that need to be filled in Central Texas.
Pflugerville Public Library hopes to chip away at that number through its new online platform called Blue Career.
According to Workforce Solutions Capital Area, this area will need about 10,000 more workers annually to deliver on various projects in the works.