Workforce Development Archives - San Antonio Report http://sanantonioreport.org/tag/workforce-development/ Nonprofit journalism for an informed community Tue, 04 Jun 2024 11:49:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://sanantonioreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-SA_Report_Logo_512pxArtboard-1-32x32.jpg Workforce Development Archives - San Antonio Report http://sanantonioreport.org/tag/workforce-development/ 32 32 172243930 Meet a San Antonio HVAC company using Ready to Work money to defray training costs https://sanantonioreport.org/atlas-ac-san-antonio-worker-training-ready-to-work-city-grant/ Tue, 04 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5370521 A San Antonio company that grew by making its own YouTube explainers is now insourcing its workforce training with help from Ready to Work.
Meet a San Antonio HVAC company using Ready to Work money to defray training costs was first posted on June 4, 2024 at 5:00 am.
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]]> 5370521 City’s Ready to Work program defends inclusion of for-profit schools in training catalog https://sanantonioreport.org/san-antonio-ready-to-work-job-training-codeup-for-profit-schools/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5356414 The city's Ready to Work program paid tech training school Codeup roughly $25,000 to defray the cost of tuition for 13 students, but the school closed before they completed their certificate programs.San Antonio's taxpayer-funded Ready to Work offers tuition assistance to participants enrolling in for-profit schools, despite risks.
City’s Ready to Work program defends inclusion of for-profit schools in training catalog was first posted on January 31, 2024 at 9:00 am.
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]]> 5356414 Sam Ximenes is a pioneer of the new, foreign world of architecture in space https://sanantonioreport.org/sam-ximenes-is-a-pioneer-of-the-new-foreign-world-of-architecture-in-space/ Mon, 25 Dec 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5353144 Sam Ximenes stands near what he calls his “Frankenbot” - a robot that is capable of excavating the lunar surface and create bricks from the moon dust - at the Boeing Tech Port, Area 21 SAMSAT Museum on Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. Ximenes is a pioneering Mexican-American space architect and educator. In 2007, he founded Exploration Architecture Corporation (XArc) to serve the commercial space market. Ximenes is helping to devise equipment that will build material from moon dust and create habitats on the lunar surface. Ximenes is also using his extensive experience in the aerospace industry and started the WEX Foundation which bolsters science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs to middle and high school students. His vision is to have robotics that he created be in use on the moon’s surface to build human habitats on future missions.His father was a judge, his uncle was a civil rights activist, and another uncle became the first Hispanic commissioner appointed by a president. Sam Ximenes is a pioneering space architect who has a big vision and plans to make San Antonio a hub for space exploration and architecture. Space architecture is the design and […]
Sam Ximenes is a pioneer of the new, foreign world of architecture in space was first posted on December 25, 2023 at 12:00 pm.
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]]> 5353144 New Ready to Work advisory board members see ‘a lot of work to do’ https://sanantonioreport.org/ready-to-work-advisory-board-new-members/ Thu, 28 Sep 2023 19:01:25 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5343955 Four new advisory board members to Ready to Work heard the successes and challenges facing San Antonio's $200 million workforce training program.
New Ready to Work advisory board members see ‘a lot of work to do’ was first posted on September 28, 2023 at 2:01 pm.
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]]> 5343955 Employers, take note: High school internship programs help fill workforce pipeline https://sanantonioreport.org/holt-cat-high-school-internship-programs-workforce-development/ Wed, 30 Aug 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5340317 Shop technician Vaneza Zepeda (left) and Maria Mendez, lead technician, both worked as interns at Holt Cat before securing jobs there.Internships offer a model San Antonio companies can use as they struggle to fill entry level positions and develop employees who can rise through the ranks.
Employers, take note: High school internship programs help fill workforce pipeline was first posted on August 30, 2023 at 6:00 am.
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]]> 5340317 Ready to Work is expanding apprenticeships in San Antonio. Will employers come along? https://sanantonioreport.org/san-antonio-ready-to-work-apprenticeships/ Sun, 06 Aug 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5337036 Ready to Work is expanding apprenticeships into nontraditional fields in an effort to fill the modern talent pipeline.
Ready to Work is expanding apprenticeships in San Antonio. Will employers come along? was first posted on August 6, 2023 at 5:00 am.
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]]> 5337036 Ready to Work program provides job training for San Antonians https://sanantonioreport.org/ready-to-work-provides-job-training-san-antonio-sponsored/ Thu, 06 Apr 2023 03:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5322615 SPONSORED: The support of San Antonio's business and education communities is a critical component of Ready to Work’s ability to fill local workforce needs.
Ready to Work program provides job training for San Antonians was first posted on April 5, 2023 at 10:00 pm.
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]]> 5322615 ‘Essential fuel’: San Antonio Food Bank adds workforce development to its roster of services https://sanantonioreport.org/san-antonio-food-bank-workforce-development/ Fri, 12 Aug 2022 23:16:12 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5289738 Staff members from the San Antonio Public Library host a computer literacy class at the Workforce Solutions Alamo Career Center at the San Antonio Food Bank on Friday.The new federally-funded program will connect those seeking food aid with job training in an attempt to solve the root cause of food insecurity.
‘Essential fuel’: San Antonio Food Bank adds workforce development to its roster of services was first posted on August 12, 2022 at 6:16 pm.
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]]> 5289738 San Antonio winds down pandemic jobs program as taxpayer funded effort gets underway https://sanantonioreport.org/san-antonio-winds-down-pandemic-jobs-program-as-taxpayer-funded-effort-gets-underway/ Fri, 31 Dec 2021 11:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5257507 Dyvontrae Johnson watches his son Atticus, 7, install parts into an old computer Wednesday.While Train for Jobs closes for applications on Dec. 31, job training activities will continue with a new program, Ready to Work.
San Antonio winds down pandemic jobs program as taxpayer funded effort gets underway was first posted on December 31, 2021 at 5:00 am.
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]]> 5257507 Extension considered for Train for Jobs as enrollment gains traction https://sanantonioreport.org/train-for-jobs-extension/ Sun, 27 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5233199 San Antonio reclaims status as the most impoverished major city in the Uniter States according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau.After several months of lackluster enrollment, San Antonio's Train for Jobs workforce development program saw a slight uptick in applications this spring.
Extension considered for Train for Jobs as enrollment gains traction was first posted on June 27, 2021 at 5:00 am.
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