23 Oct Details about who is now leading Charlotte’s workforce agency
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Author: Shameika Rhymes
16 Oct MeckEd Student Khamiah Alderman is an Outstanding Teen
The average high school teens are worried about their immediate future, but Vance High School student Khamiah Alderman is looking down the road past college and medical school. Despite facing obstacles, Khamiah is working hard to achieve her dreams. From holding over a 4.0 GPA,...
18 Sep Research & Performance Manager Alyssa Brown Talks Unemployment on the Work Rocks Podcast
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31 Jul Young Adults Reach for the Stars to Increase their Economic Mobility
About a dozen young adults from the NextGen program from Central Piedmont Community College and ResCare Workforce Services participated in WTVI PBS Charlotte’s 3-D Project program. Next Gen is a Charlotte Works program that helps young adults (ages 16 to 24) facing employment barriers to gain...
16 Jul Healthcare Training Opportunities Fuel Career Seeker’s Passion for Nursing
A passion for taking care of others led Tanira Kingsberry to take her career a step further in the healthcare industry. Working as a dietary aide and getting to know the patients as well as the nurses peaked her interest in becoming a certified nursing...
05 Jun For Road to Hire, work-based learning is more than cutting a check
Trying to decide what to do with life after high school can be daunting. The Road to Hire program works to ease that decision while also breaking economic mobility barriers in the Charlotte area. The team believes that motivated young adults should have an equal...
20 Mar Career-seeker proves there’s more than one way to success
Anthany Watson spent nine years in his upper management human resources position when things came to a screeching halt. After the unexpected change in plans, Watson visited the local NCWorks Career Center* seeking help and says it’s the best thing he could have done. Attending...
16 Feb Charlotte Works Board Member Roger Collins Talks Apprenticeships
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In his role as a technical training manager for Siemens, Charlotte Works board member Roger Collins is responsible for coordinating the apprenticeship program and all technical training aspects at the facility. He’s no stranger to putting in the work as an apprentice, since he started...