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NEWS ABOUT: job training

job training stories: 6 news summaries

 NYC Unemployment Hits 10.3% 

City given grant to help laid-off Wall Street workers retrain

Sep 18, 09 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Big Apple's unemployment rate hit double digits last month for the first time since 1993, the New York Times reports. At 10.3%, the rate is now higher than the national rate of 9.7%. State officials say continuing layoffs on Wall Street are to blame for the rise,... More »

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Wall Street • New York City • recession • unemployment • financial sector • job training

Career-Switchers Flock to Teacher-Training Programs 

Unemployment helps drive applications

Jul 31, 09 10:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - With unemployment soaring, interest is booming in teacher-training programs for people switching careers, the Washington Post reports. This year, a 20-city retraining program saw applications climb 30%; in many areas there’s more interest than jobs available, outside of science, math, and physical education. The surge could help avert likely... More »

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education • unemployment • training • teachers • second career • job training

Calif. Program Trains 'Green Collar' Workers 

Pioneering initiative's grads tackle both pollution and poverty

Jun 23, 09 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - The first waves of graduates from California's pioneering "green collar" training program are ready to put their new skills to work reducing the state's carbon footprint, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The trainees, including ex-cons and low-income residents, have finished an extensive course in construction skills to equip them... More »

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environment • California • construction • green jobs • job training

ANALYSIS

3 Million US Job Openings Isn't
a Good Thing

Figure shows troubling disconnect between employers, workers

May 1, 09 2:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Even with the unemployment rate shattering records, 3 million jobs nationwide remain unfilled. But the growing mismatch between employers and workers tarnishes that silver lining, Peter Coy argues in BusinessWeek. Untrained job-seekers often don’t have necessary skills to work in growing sectors like health care and accounting, and employers... More »

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health care • accounting • unemployment • job market • unemployment benefits • economy • job training

 Jobless Japanese 
 Work the Land 

$10M government program trains new agricultural force

Apr 15, 09 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - As their country struggles with its worst recession since World War II, many Japanese city slickers stymied by the job market are trying out the farming life, the Wall Street Journal reports. Aiming to rejuvenate an industry in which two-thirds of full-time workers are 65 and older, the government has... More »

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agriculture • farming • Japan • recession • unemployment • financial crisis • job training

(Newser) - The recession is hitting elderly workers much harder than in the past, thanks to an increase in the number of older workers—especially those over 75—and a severe shortage of jobs, the Wall Street Journal reports. In past recessions, these workers just retired; now, they're scrambling to find... More »

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elderly • recession • unemployment • older men • older women • financial crisis • recession depression • job training

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