Sentences with phrase «public job training»

Prof. Marcotte has worked with state and federal agencies on a variety of projects to evaluate and improve management of public job training programs.

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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).

The Clinton platform also focuses heavily on education, including a call to broaden computer science education in public schools, revamp job training programs, and provide more funds for minority colleges to help tackle tech's diversity problem.

MONTREAL — Bombardier is implementing one of the deepest job cuts in its history by eliminating 7,000 positions — including more than a third in Canada — though it took pains Wednesday to instead train the public spotlight on a large CSeries plane order with Air Canada.

A survey conducted by the Center for Research and Public Policy found that the biggest concerns among veterans when returning home are applying military training to the workplace, job placement, and career counseling.

Startup America will use these goods and services to train and mentor entrepreneurs, increase the number of high - growth firms that create quality jobs and economic growth, and inspire the greater public to go out and «build great American companies.»

Restructuring contracts around the nation's public policy goals would ensure that private operators provide more educational programming, job training classes, and work with their inmates to ensure they are set up for optimal success once they are eventually released.

«We spend more than virtually any other country on public investments and job training and skills development, and yet we have unacceptably high levels of unemployment amongst young Canadians, aboriginal Canadians, new immigrants, and persons with disabilities,» he said.

Notwithstanding its potential environmental burdens, the JRP ultimately concluded that the NGP is in the public interest, citing various societal benefits including primarily jobs and job - training for Aboriginal communities but also «research, monitoring, and planning initiatives and techniques with relevance beyond the project» and economic benefits, first and foremost the importance of «opening Pacific Basin markets» (NGP Report, Volume II, Chapter 2, s. 2.4.3 and 2.4.4.).

«The premier must release that agreement immediately so the public can see what the premier gave away to Petronas and what job and training guarantees she secured for British Columbians, if any.»

Our «Faithful Budget» calls for supporting public transit, job training, affordable housing near work — the sorts of programs that increase productivity and engagement in the economy.

But the First Amendment does not, I believe, preclude government funds going to faith - based programs that offer public goods (e.g., health care, job training, education) that the society wants the government to fund.

Health care for the poor, education in the inner city, job training for welfare mothers, discipline for criminally offending youths, improvement of community infrastructure and housing, nutrition for infants, drug treatment for recovering addicts» all of these things and more require the provision of public funds and are essential to the progress we seek.

Thanks to the genius of Anton T. Boisen, the first mental hospital chaplain with special training for his job and founder of the movement for clinical education of the clergy, the first real advance in ministry to the sick came in the then unlikely field of public mental hospitals.

From the point of view of society, there is a gain in that the cost of training for jobs is no longer borne by the public purse.

Instead of committing to helping families and individuals improve their social and economic conditions (by pushing policy makers to strengthen access to affordable housing, health care, child care, public transportation, job training, etc.), we blame them.

Spending public money on infants can save taxpayers a lot of money later (on, say, job training and prison places).

As well as being the first time in recent memory that meals have been made from scratch in D.C. Public Schools, the program represents the culmination of innovative efforts by D.C. Central Kitchen to build a successful economic model around concepts that don't normally associate in the public mind: local farming, job training for the down - and - out, and feeding the indPublic Schools, the program represents the culmination of innovative efforts by D.C. Central Kitchen to build a successful economic model around concepts that don't normally associate in the public mind: local farming, job training for the down - and - out, and feeding the indpublic mind: local farming, job training for the down - and - out, and feeding the indigent.

Paladino hasn't been shy about discussing what he thinks of the state's poor, suggesting, for example, that all welfare recipients should be forced to join what he calls a «Dignity Corps» to work and receiving training in everything from job skills to «personal hygiene» if they want to continue to receive public assistance.

It makes sense that a newspaper guy like Capehart would make this observation, since while part of the joy of the blogosphere and Twitter is that they make us all potential journalists, it's the job of trained and experienced reporters to hold politicians and other public figures responsible for their words and actions (how depressingly rarely they do it in practice is a story for another day, and for many a Daily Show segment).

I remain committed to securing a budget that brings ridesharing upstate, rejects millions in proposed taxes and fees, and fully - funds our region's top priorities, like job training, education, and public safety.»

GOP gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino's vision for turning prisons into state - sponsored dorms where welfare recipients would be able to receive job training and lessons in «personal hygiene» actually extends beyond New Yorkers who are on the public dole.

It will include two Community Service Facilities occupied by Catholic Charities of Broome County Employment Program and Health Home Division, which will provide job training through a café or coffee bar to allow clients to receive hands - on experience interacting with the public.

It's thought that Public Advocate Letitia James has the inside track to be appointed to a position where she would require on - the - job training.

Also at 11 a.m., Sens. George Amedore, Jr., and Jack Martins hold a public meeting on job skill training and re-training programs and fostering workforce development in the state, 20 Fourth St., Rochester.

At 12:30, Rep. Tonko will address a group of 100 engineering students and faculty members about his background as an engineer and how he applies his training to his current job in public service, then conduct a short Q&A session with students, Olin Building Atrium Union College, 807 Union Street, Schenectady.

Lee said job readiness, training and creation, as well as increasing the minimum wage, will stimulate employment and reduce the need for reliance on public welfare.

The NYC Human Resources Administration and the Parks Department have both proposed cuts to the Parks Opportunity Program (POP), which is a program providing a pay check, job training, and one day of classroom training to people on public assistance through the JTP program.

The governor's office said the anti-poverty program will make targeted investments in capital projects to improve services that address poverty, including job training, public safety, and health and nutrition programs.

I am certainly open to negotiating a residency requirement with the police union, but even more so I than that, I think we should focus on promoting from within: we have the PSLA (Public Service Learning Academy) at Fowler, set up to train Syracuse City School District students who want to go into public service jobs (including poPublic Service Learning Academy) at Fowler, set up to train Syracuse City School District students who want to go into public service jobs (including popublic service jobs (including police).

The organizations and agencies listed in the Directory offer a wide variety of programs and services, including ESL and civics classes, citizenship assistance and legal advice, public benefits and health insurance access, employment training and job placement, youth activities and senior centers, and immigrant rights and civic engagement projects.

«Providing job training and opportunities to New Yorkers with criminal histories is proven to help break the vicious cycle of recidivism and increase public safety,» Governor Cuomo said.

The public is invited to learn more about the Northland Workforce Training that's scheduled to open this August at an event on May 21 in the Delavan Grider Community Center, 877 E. Delavan Ave.. The event begins with a two - hour session from 4 to 6 p.m. for people interested in receiving job training in advanced manufacturing andTraining that's scheduled to open this August at an event on May 21 in the Delavan Grider Community Center, 877 E. Delavan Ave.. The event begins with a two - hour session from 4 to 6 p.m. for people interested in receiving job training in advanced manufacturing andtraining in advanced manufacturing and energy.

Labour MP Margaret Hodge, who chairs the Commons Public Accounts Committee, has called on the government to suspend its contracts with the jobs training agency, A4E.

Do these Ph.D. s hold jobs that call on their training and make it a worthwhile investment — both for the individual graduate and for the larger research enterprise, which uses public funding and invests significant effort in training them?

In these uncertain economic times, practicality is often the strategy, with an emphasis on knowledge and technology transfer, job training, and public - private partnerships.

Such concerns have led the European Commission (EC) to develop an ambitious strategy for human resources and mobility, based on four priorities: making science more attractive for young people; improving training and mobility opportunities to facilitate the access of researchers to new knowledge and skills, and to attract researchers to Europe; developing better job opportunities for researchers by closing the gap between academia and industry; and improving public recognition of the researcher's status and profession.

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By Health In public on the job, doctors and nurses are trained to stay stoic.

Major elements of the education establishment still believe parents do not have the formal training or knowledge required to have direct, legitimate power within the public education system, and that parents should step out of the way and let the experts do their jobs.

These were: well - being and welfare — insisting upon the adoption of well - being policies in all education settings; empowering and enabling — identifying the balance between empowering and overburdening staff; freedom and flexibility - reversing the trend for testing and increasingly structured curriculum frameworks and trust and train teachers to do their job with a focus on reflective practice; and celebrating success — making sure we all better celebrate the amazing experiences and achievements of teachers to help stem a current tendency for public pessimism.

Once identified as plausible candidates, how should inexperienced people be prepared for the responsibilities of public school principals — and how can people with solid experience in one kind of setting get the additional training they may need to do a first - rate job in another setting?

He also serves as the internship director of the Boston Police Athletic League's Public Safety Internship, providing career training and job placement for more than 150 students.

He said that he has every confidence in Harvard's ability to train excellent public leaders — but that ability won't help students who can't afford tuition or take private sector jobs to pay off loans.

In my country for example, it has been easier to save money by having fewer hours for public education, and to train for employment in low wage factories or call centers, and short contract jobs.

But it's a waste of public money to keep training more and more teachers, particularly for primary schools, when the job market is tight.

«The new program was a culmination of public policy, business management, and education curriculum, which was the perfect job for me based on my training,» she explains.

The people we talked with in both business and the military wondered why public education would invest so much in training people for jobs for which they have no aptitude.

It is no surprise, then, that most public job - training efforts have had disappointing results.

Finally, for those not yet or no longer in the public school system, Krueger would increase funding for programs sponsored by Head Start (programs for disadvantaged preschoolers) and the Job Corps (programs for high school dropouts) until all those eligible can participate - and expand adult training under the Workforce Investment Act.