Sports, arts, and entertainment were not only the highlights of the World Games that began in Birmingham, Alabama this past weekend. Meet ALEX, an immersive, first-hand workforce experience that aims to help personify Alabama’s workforce development. ALEX: The Alabama Experience is a mobile exhibit, featuring a collection of interactive kiosks and informational pieces, as well […]
HUNTSVILLE, AL – Do you want to be a part of building better access to mental healthcare across our state? Quality mental healthcare workers play a vital role in achieving this reality. WellStone, North Alabama’s nonprofit mental health center, is hosting a job fair on Friday, July 22, from 9am –4pm in hopes of filling […]
The Huntsville/Madison County Chamber is collaborating with the local Alabama Career Center, the Alabama Community College System, local nonprofits, and community agencies to help bridge the gap between the under-resourced job seeker and our employers. The ReLaunch Career Fair will provide opportunities for individuals who are changing careers, unemployed, underemployed, have dropped out of high […]
Joe Jackson sits on a short retaining wall strumming his guitar and singing softly as passersby go in and out of a local store, a derby-like hat bottom-side up a few yards in front of him gathering donations. He says he’d retired from the military and an engineering job, once toured the U.S. and Europe […]
Today, Boeing (NYSE: BA) and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) announced a new $8 million, multi-year partnership to support the development of future technical talent. The Boeing l TMCF partnership renewal will support campus recruitment initiatives, career immersion activities, TMCF Leadership Institute programming and student scholarships at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) through 2026. “Our company’s […]
As the pandemic wanes and most people are comfortably venturing out in public again, businesses are increasingly calling for employees to return to the office. While essential workers and those who solely relied on in-person interactions commuted to their jobs throughout the pandemic, many knowledge-based positions, particularly in the tech sector, shifted to strictly virtual […]
At the national level, many key employment indicators in the U.S. look similar to before the COVID-19 pandemic, and robust employment growth plays a part in that. But the impact the coronavirus had on employment can’t be overstated. Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that job losses in the spring of 2020 […]
The Huntsville Madison County Builders Association (HMCBA) has been selected as a Host Training Organization by Volunteer State Community College’s OSHA Training Institute (OTI) Education Center. OTI Education Centers offer courses designed to reduce workplace fatalities and injuries by teaching the application of OSHA standards for hazard recognition and prevention. OSHA authorizes OTI Education Centers […]
Huntsville-based Drake State and Community Technical College has formally entered into a partnership with online, non-profit institution Western Governors University, to provide Drake State alumni and employees with affordable plans for four-year and graduate degree programs. Dr. Kimberly Estep, WGU’s Southeast Regional Vice President, represented the online institution at a signing event held at Drake […]
DECATUR – Jamie Littlefield has been in his position as a union Business Representative for roughly five months, and he’s already been a part of a major contract agreement affecting an area branch. While recently representing District 75 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), which includes Local 44 of the United […]
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