Archive for November 2018

November 27, 2018 Article by: Joseph S. Pete, The Northwest Indiana Times High school students from across Northwest Indiana got a chance Tuesday to trowel mortar onto bricks, balance on steel beams, haul dirt with a virtual excavator and fashion their own metal toolboxes. More than 1,300 students from 30 schools in Lake, Porter and LaPorte…

For Immediate Release: November 26, 2018 CONTACT: Linda Wiltfong, Professional Volunteer Unity Foundation of La Porte County (219) 879-0327 All La Porte County public schools will partner to celebrate a Week of Code December 3rd – 7th. The Hour of Code started as a worldwide effort designed to introduce students to computer science and demystify…

November 22, 2018 Article by: Joseph S. Pete, The Northwest Indiana Times More than 1,300 high school students across Northwest Indiana will get a chance to work with power tools and learn about careers like roofing at the second annual Construction & Skilled Trades Day in Crown Point later this month. The Northwest Indiana Workforce…

November 14, 2018 Article by: Joseph S. Pete, The Northwest Indiana Times The Region currently has more than 1,100 manufacturing jobs available that could be filled within 30 days if the right candidates stepped forward, Center of Workforce Innovations President and CEO Linda Woloshansky told a packed house at Dynasty Banquets in Hammond Tuesday. “There are…

November 2, 2018 Diane Bosak, Vice President for Workforce Strategies & Policy, Achieving the Dream, Inc.  Roy Vanderford, Director of Strategic Solutions, Center of Workforce Innovations Even with full employment, many individuals are not fully employed. Changing this reality, and creating a labor market that works for employees and employers alike, requires a shift in…