Sentences with phrase «jobs programs at»

In Congress, I will work to invest in jobs programs at our local colleges and technical schools and create job training and job placement programs for our veterans.

In 1968, a high schooler entranced by space, he was referred to a job program at the US Geological Survey's Branch of Astrogeological Studies.

You can find online information about government - sponsored job programs at the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration's Web site, www.doleta.gov.

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After graduating from a business retail management program at Sheridan College in Ontario, White took a job in the men's shoe department at the now - defunct Bretton's department store chain.

The study, published by the Environmental Defense Fund's (EDF) Climate Corps program, says that solar and wind jobs have grown at rates of about 20 % annually in recent years, and sustainability now collectively represents four to four and a half million jobs in the U.S., up from 3.4 million in 2011.

That program is controversial as it gives foreigners a two - year visa in exchange for investing at least $ 500,000 in a project that is promised to create jobs.

Failure now would put thousands of jobs and billions of dollars at risk, and SpaceX has become crucial not just to the U.S. space program but also to countries and companies around the world hoping to put up satellites.

On Thursday, the online retail giant announced its partnership with the U.S. Department of Labor to start an apprenticeship program that will provide paid, on - the - job training for tech careers at the company.

The impact of CGI America is charted over time by what they call «progress reports,» which track how talk at the meeting turns into partnerships, programs, funding and jobs on the ground.

After bouncing between different computer programming jobs (he discovered his bent for programming at college, and reportedly carried a manual around with him), he secured a gig at Ampex, a firm that did contracts for the U.S. government, in the mid-1970s.

Pearson began his career as a consultant for McKinsey & Co., where he worked for 23 years, having landed a job with the prestigious firm right after graduating from his MBA program at the University of Virginia.

A component of this partnership is a workforce development program that funnels the best and brightest college graduates directly into jobs at nfrastructure.

Do you think the U.S. government's stimulus programs have helped create or at least preserve jobs?

The surprise move silenced critics of the program (at least temporarily), incensed the legions of businesses who'd come to rely on it and, perhaps most importantly, told the world that Kenney — who's only been helming the prestigious jobs portfolio since July 2013 — is a man capable of enacting changes that have a massive effect on the 1.1 million employers under his jurisdiction.

There is room here for activist public policy aimed at assisting people as soon as they become unemployed — including very fast interventions to have resumés updated, interview skills improved and much shorter - duration job training programs (rather than ones that last months or years).

Everyone wants to be more global, to infuse ethics and integrity into the curriculum, to teach students to be more entrepreneurial and innovative, and to put more of a challenge into MBA programs that, at some places, have become little more than a two - year search for a better job.

Foreigners who invest a minimum of $ 500,000, and promise to create at least 10 jobs, are eligible for the EB - 5 program that often leads to permanent residency and eventual citizenship.

To tap into broader talent networks at lower cost, HNM is now working with work - force development agency CareerSource Central Florida, which offers a government - subsidized, on - the - job training program.

But he did expand and extend a program that allows foreign graduates with scientific and technical degrees from American universities to work in on - the - job training programs at U.S. companies.

Once the JOBS Act rules are in place, at least 100 crowdfunding companies are expected to launch, says Kevin Berg Grell, who runs an accreditation program for the professional association Crowdsourcing.org.

These bright kids were part of a special program that took them from this editing class right to a copy - editing job at the Missourian newspaper, a for - profit rag owned by the school.

When the chief of Microsoft Ukraine switched jobs to work for President Petro Poroshenko [in 2014], he found that everyone in the [president's] office used the same login password... Sometimes pressing the spacebar was enough to open a PC... Most computers run on pirated software, and even when licensed programs are used, they can be years out of date and lack security patches to help keep the hackers at bay.

New employment opportunities: A San Francisco driver looking for a programming job told me that he would hang out around the top 10 tech companies after working hours and try to give rides to people at the company.

Another offering, the Technology Workforce Development Program, then helps them receive coding and other technical training at schools such as Per Scholas, General Assembly and Year Up, leading them to internships and jobs they never dreamed possible.

Liberal arts majors may cringe as they click on PayScale's underemployment report, expecting to see their program at the top of the list for majors most likely to lead to jobs with low hours and / or in unrelated fields.

Two years later, still looking for a steady job, Bowling signed up for a 10 - week training program at Hazard Community and Technical College (HCTC) to earn certification as an electrical lineman.

«That's why we put forward a budget that speaks to strategic investments in economic growth and job creation, while at the same time transforming government by achieving our savings targets and limiting program spending growth to 1.1 per cent.»

In the next few weeks the Executive Committee will look at a range of economic indicators — including inflation, jobs, and confidence data to be rereleased next week — before actually designing the new program.

Although their services are superior and more innovative than many of the personal job search services offered in the industry, they are offering their programs at two different economical price points well below market average.

Our Government will complete reforms to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program to ensure that Canadians always have the first chance at available jobs.

Companies that create at least 10 jobs would get favorable treatment under the state's tax credit program, qualifying for up to $ 5,000 for each new job they create in addition to the base tax credit they qualify for.

Bernier - Green, who works with her husband to operate Laine's Bake Shop, has also started an internship program at her shop that provides job skills for young people and teaches them the basics of baking.

They started an internship program at the shop that provides job skills for young people and teaches them the basics of baking.

Bank of America has been hit with a proposed class action by a Brazilian citizen who said he was denied a job at the bank because his work authorization, granted under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program, is subject to renewal.

I think you need to add to this the need to devise a set of «recession - ready», targeted job - creation programs that can create jobs at a considerably lower cost per job than is true of overall fiscal stimulus.

Since Starbucks announced the program in June, 20,000 people who have applied online for jobs at the company have cited the college benefit as a reason for their interest.

Within the Total Rewards Program, the percentage of performance - based pay, or at - risk pay, increases with job responsibility.

Polis hopes to increase the number of EB - 5 Regional Center Program visas — for foreign investors or entrepreneurs that create at least five jobs for U.S. citizens or legal immigrants — to 10,000 from 3,000; and create a new class of eligibility called Startup Visas.

«Recognizing these excellent Supplier Diversity Programs brings well - deserved recognition to the exceptional job these firms do at working with America's vetrepreneurs.»

This was a completely novel idea at the time, because I had originally thought I would pursue either a post-MBA rotational program or a human capital consulting job following school.

While the program has many supporters who argue it attracts foreign capital and creates jobs at no U.S. taxpayer cost, congressional overseers and Homeland Security have raised sharp concerns.

Brian L. Job is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Security and Defence Forum program at the University of British Columbia and Senior Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.

He and 600 colleagues at Adobe, the biggest maker of graphic - design programs, lost their jobs this month.

80 per cent of new jobs in British Columbia will require some post-secondary education and under the B.C. Liberals, the province's apprenticeship program is a mess and tuition and debt for college and university students are at an all - time high.

Levin, who retired from his job as a real estate attorney at age 49, is not the sort to pine for big government programs.

Siemens AG, the German industrial giant, said Sunday that it will have cut a total of about 15,000 jobs world - wide by the end of the next business year, defining for the first time the scope of the reductions it plans under a two - year restructuring program aimed at boosting profits.

Recent flexible job titles at U.S. Department of Labor: economic assistant; attorney advisor; librarian; program analyst; safety and occupational health manager; workers» compensation technical specialist.

The Los Angeles Times has just lost an important digital leader, as S. Mitra Kalita — just named as one of the ten most poachable players in media — leaves her job as managing editor for digital strategy of the paper to become vice president of digital programming at CNN, starting later this...

Now a full - time operations engineer at Cenovus, Pandya is a beneficiary of work - integrated learning (WIL)-- an umbrella term for co-op placements, internships and other programs that combine classroom theory with practical on - the - job experience.

In addition to hosting job fairs at the base, where 12,000 soldiers are stationed, Starbucks conducts regular plant tours for service members, maintains an Adopt a Unit program and supports the annual Fisher House Golf Tournament, which generates funds to aid families of patients receiving care at military and Veterans Administration medical centers.