Posts Tagged ‘workforce development’
How can the metaverse help businesses?
The metaverse is not designed to replace in-person interaction, but instead is intended to give people a “feeling of presence, feeling like you are …
Read MoreGuest opinion: The future of work
Is your company hybrid? Virtual? Face-to-face? A business leader cannot escape this conversation. What is the future of work? What will the …
Read MoreGenesis Youth Foundation rolling out adult education programs
Genesis Youth Foundation, a Des Moines-based nonprofit serving refugee and immigrant families, announced Jan. 11 that it will start providing job training and technology and financial literacy programming for adults. Partnerships with Google, Principal Financial, …
Read MoreFacebook, local partners join effort to address need for skilled trade workers
Timothy McCoy was volunteering at Creative Visions, a nonprofit community center in Des Moines, when an employee there approached him about joining Facebook’s new construction training program called Hardhat in Hand.
Although McCoy is a …
W.D.M. schools receive Microsoft community award for workforce development classes
The West Des Moines school district’s Community Education Department received a $2,670 award from the Microsoft Community Empowerment Fund to support the new CareerUp program. CareerUp will provide workforce development classes tailored to adult English …
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