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SCPa Works shares innovative strategies with businesses, educators in Adams County

SCPa Works shares innovative strategies with businesses, educators in Adams County

CEO Kevin Perkey highlights impact of workforce development as keynote speaker…

26 Feb 2016
Leveraging untapped potential in the York labor market

Leveraging untapped potential in the York labor market

As one of our strategic goals for 2016, PA CareerLink® York County is exploring ways to help those individuals re-entering the workforce whom have misdemeanors or felonies on their backgrounds. With our unemployment rate dropping in December to 3.9% for the York/Hanover area, 4…

19 Feb 2016
Reentry employment training to help support ex-offenders in South Central PA

Reentry employment training to help support ex-offenders in South Central PA

On February 4th and 5th, nearly thirty workforce development professionals representing all six PA CareerLinks® in the South Central Workforce Investment Area attended a Reentry Employment Specialist (RES) Training offered by representatives of the PA Department of Corrections. Hilary Thomas of SCPa Works coordinated this event for the region…

17 Feb 2016
Data on disconnected youth drives summer youth employment strategy

Data on disconnected youth drives summer youth employment strategy

Even though this weekend is promising to bring sub-zero temperatures in the South Central region, it is never too early to start thinking about summer. Summer youth employment, that is…

12 Feb 2016
Manufacturing jobs and wage gains are bright spots in January jobs report

Manufacturing jobs and wage gains are bright spots in January jobs report

Key Takeaways from the January Jobs Report While the headline number of 151,000 payroll increases in the most recent jobs report was generally disappointing to economists, there were a number of bright spots in the jobs report…

05 Feb 2016
SCPa Works CEO Kevin Perkey Quoted in Recent Article On Millennials and Skilled Trades

SCPa Works CEO Kevin Perkey Quoted in Recent Article On Millennials and Skilled Trades

A recent Central Penn Business Journal article outlined the mismatch between younger workers and occupations in the skilled trades, particularly as more baby boomers are retiring…

02 Feb 2016
Brother and Sister Food Service expanding operations with help of SCPa Works

Brother and Sister Food Service expanding operations with help of SCPa Works

Brother and Sister Food Service is truly the “American Dream come true” for Aziz Sahovic. Aziz is the owner of a Bosnian food producer who fled his native country with his family at the beginning of the Bosnian War and took refuge in Austria…

19 Jan 2016
Governor Wolf Releases Draft of Workforce Development Strategic Plan

Governor Wolf Releases Draft of Workforce Development Strategic Plan

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf recently released a draft version of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Combined State Plan, which will serve as a strategic planning document that will guide the commonwealth’s workforce system priorities for the next four years…

08 Jan 2016
Putting America to Work: Tax Credit Promotes Hiring Job Seekers With Barriers to Employment

Putting America to Work: Tax Credit Promotes Hiring Job Seekers With Barriers to Employment

By Jodi Derr As part of SCPA Works’ on-going efforts to provide valuable resources to both employers and job seekers, we are encouraged to see the recent reauthorization of an important tax credit that incentivizes businesses to hire veterans, job seekers with barriers to employment and the long-term unemployed…

06 Jan 2016
“Every Student Succeeds Act” and the Potential Impact on Workforce Development

“Every Student Succeeds Act” and the Potential Impact on Workforce Development

The era of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), one of the most contentious and controversial pieces of education legislation in our recent history, has officially ended…

24 Dec 2015
Workforce programs receive increased funding in FY 2016 spending bill

Workforce programs receive increased funding in FY 2016 spending bill

Last week, Congress agreed upon a $1.8 trillion Fiscal Year 2016 omnibus spending bill, which notably included funding increases for some key workforce and education programs. President Obama signed the bill on December 18, 2015, funding federal government operations through September 30, 2016…

21 Dec 2015
What Happens When A Job Offer Comes Without A Job?

What Happens When A Job Offer Comes Without A Job?

By Martin Wubbolt – Site Administrator PA CareerLink® – Lebanon County Today when an employer comes to the PA CareerLink® of Lebanon County, they are usually searching for candidates with certain skills and experience to fit a specific job…

18 Dec 2015
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