Performance Update: CAREER CONNECTIONS

by Tim Blake | Jan 26, 2023 | Information, Programs, Update

On September 28, 2021, GuilfordWorks was awarded a $3,000,000 Comprehensive and Accessible Reemployment Through Equitable Employment Recovery (CAREER) Grant through the U.S. Department of Labor to help communities address and recover from unemployment and the economic...

Getting IT Done!

by Tim Blake | Jul 15, 2022 | Information, Labor Market, Programs

Supporting the Future Workforce — TechBoost and TechQuest Grants Explained The TechBoost Project and the TechQuest Apprenticeship Program are U.S. Department of Labor-funded initiatives led by Clark University to provide work-based training opportunities in IT and...

A Grand Opening

by Tim Blake | Jul 14, 2022 | Information, News, Programs

GREENSBORO – GuilfordWorks Workforce Development Board celebrated the opening of its new state-of-the-art NCWorks NextGen Emerging Workforce Career Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 30th. The Emerging Workforce Career Center, located in downtown...

Summer Jobs, Lifetime Lessons

by Tim Blake | Jul 12, 2022 | Information, Programs

Greensboro – Service providers for the NCWorks NextGen program worked diligently over the last several months with the Greensboro Police Department and Guilford County Schools to support the “500 Jobs GSO” initiative, developed by Chief Brian James of the...

Community Conversations

by Tim Blake | Dec 22, 2021 | Programs, Update

Analyzing Community Needs Community Conversations is a series of discussions held with community members and leaders from Greensboro and High Point. During these conversations, common barrier themes and solutions are discussed. In this Community Conversation,...