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Request For Proposals Group-Sized Training Projects Application
[June 2009] "The Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program, Inc. (EKCEP) is launching a six-month survey of eastern Kentucky employers that will identify the skills that the region’s workers will need to succeed in the future. The Workforce Opportunity Project survey results ..." Click here to read more
WIA Provides Robbins a Prescription for Success [June 2009] "Nickie Robbins said she really did not think about her future for most of her first 19 years. At 19 she found herself a high school dropout, unemployed, pregnant and unable to find a job in the struggling economy of Jackson County. And then she had Taylor. After the birth of her ..." Click here to read more
[May 2009] "A group of 21 employees of Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program, Inc. (EKCEP) and its partners entered a new era in their professional careers recently as they obtained Global Career Development Facilitator (GCDF) credentials at a ceremony in ..." Click here to read more.
[May 2009] "Hickory E. Grace Jr., of Middlesboro, long-time member and vice chair of the Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program, Inc. (EKCEP) Board of Directors since 2001, died May 6. He was 82. Mr. Grace brought decades of professional experience to the position..." Click here to read more.
Let's Go 2 Work to Put 3000 Young People in Summer Jobs
[May 2009] "Some of the earliest visible impacts of the Federal economic stimulus plan started appearing in eastern Kentucky May 1. That's when a small army of young workers began offering their services to area businesses and agencies. As part of..."Click here to read more.
Combined Career Fair Draws Crowd to Pikeville
[May 2009] "In a tough job market, one of the most difficult parts of the job search is making the connection with an employer. That was made easier for nearly 175 job seekers who connected with 24 employers in one location at a recent career fair at Pikeville College. Job ..."Click here to read more.
EKCEP to Extend Local Plan for WIA Services
[April 2009] EKCEP Executive Director Jeff Whitehead has advised Kentucky's Division of Workforce and Employment Services of EKCEP's intention to continue operating under its current Local Plan through June 30, 2010. A PDF of this letter of intent is available here.
WIA Helps Chelsea Adams Pursue Career Helping Others
[March 2009] "There comes a time in every young person's life when they have to seize the opportunity to forge their own independent way in the world before that opportunity passes. It is a time when pondering what you want to be when you are an adult is over..."Click here to read more.
WIA Helps Kent Pugh Investigate a Journalism Career
[February 2009] "When you try to picture a professional journalist covering important news stories and expounding on current events in his own newspaper column, a fresh-faced 17-year-old like Kent Pugh probably does..."Click here to read more.
Applicants Flock to Bell County Coal Job Fair
[February 2009] "More than 125 eager applicants for mining jobs crowded into the Bell County JobSight job fair for Bell County Coal, held Jan. 21 at Southeast Community and Technical College in Middlesboro.Bell County Coal officials said they were pleasantly surprised at the unexpectedly large turnout..."Click here to read more.
Partnership Helps Cumberland Gap Provision Employees Work Smarter, Safer
[January 2009] "If you enjoyed a ham at one of your recent holiday dinners, there is a good chance it came from a Middlesboro instititution. Cumberland Gap Provision Company has been providing quality pork products since it was founded in..."Click here to read more.
WIA and Job Corps Partnership Helps Raphael Rucker Get on the Right Track
[January 2009] "Raphael Rucker still vividly remembers the day more than two years ago when his father dropped him off to start his trip from Memphis, Tennessee to the Frenchburg Job Corps in Menifee County. 'My dad, he told me, "This is your last chance. Put that into perspective,"and he shut the car door and drove off,' Raphael ..."Click here to read more.
WIA Program Helps Jeneen Roach Find Peace of Mind in Tough Economy [January 2009] "Jeneen Roach recently found herself rapidly approaching a dreaded decision that has become all too common in today’s economy: the choice between paying food, gas and utility bills or paying the mortgage.The West Liberty woman saw..."Click here to read more. Answers To Questions About File Management Project - Scanned Documents RFP [January 2009] The period to receive questions has ended. We have received a large volume of questions about the RFP and have answered all questions according to our best estimate and knowledge at this time. We have provided a list of these questions and their answers for your convenience. (More questions added Friday, Jan. 9, 5 p.m.)Click here to read more.
Local Jobseekers Get ‘Certified’ for Work with New Program
[December 2008] "Pike County JobSight officials had reason to celebrate recently as a new job-preparedness program got off to a solid start with a 100-percent pass rate for the first class.So they threw a party, including cake, for the..." Click here to read more.
[November 2008]
"Nine eastern Kentucky healthcare providers are finding that there
is strength in unity, even in their highly competitive industry. The companies
have joined together in an innovative workforce-development-driven training
consortium that will help them more efficiently train about 60 employees
in medical coding ..." Click
here to read more.
Request for Proposals File Management Project - Scanned Documents Updated instructions for File Management Project - Scanned Documents RFP Research
Project - Occupational Training Pike County JobSight Job Fair Draws Hopefuls for Mining Careers [October 2008] "A top official with Excel Mining said he is 'totally satisfied'with a job fair that drew about 40 hopefuls for mining jobs with the company to the Pike County JobSight workforce center recently. 'I was well pleased with the turnout,' Elmer Howard ..." Click here to read more.
JobSight Helps Take Sting Out of Layoff for McKee Resident Bobby Towe [October 2008] " Bobby Towe is just one of the hundreds of people trying to get back on their feet after Mid-South Electronics closed its Jackson County plant in 2006. But he is also one of the hundreds of people whose post-layoff transition into new jobs or career training was made much smoother thanks to support obtained through the Daniel Boone Community Action Agency’s..." Click here to read more.
WIA Helps Letcher Woman Help Others in New Physical Therapy Career [October 2008] "Sondra Rose loves her new job as a physical therapist because she gets to go to work every day and help ease someone else’s pain. 'If you’ve got a little old lady that comes in and her back is just hurting so bad she can’t hardly stand it ...'" Click here to read more.
Nearly 300 Tour Success Xpress During Hazard's Black Gold Festival [October 2008] "During Hazard's 2008 Black Gold Festival, nearly 300 people climbed aboard and toured Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program, Inc.’s (EKCEP) Success Xpress, a specially modified mobile mining training facility built into a 53-foot truck trailer ..." Click here to read more.
Event Draws 161 People Seeking Jobs With Jackson Co. Manufacturers [September 2008] "About 161 residents of Jackson and Clay counties submitted applications and spoke to employers at a job fair hosted by the Clay County JobSight workforce center and Daniel Boone Community Action Agency (Daniel Boone CAA) in partnership with the Jackson County Board of Education’s Transition Unit ..." Click here to read more.
Perry JobSight Job Fairs Draw Hundreds Seeking Underground Mining Jobs [September 2008] "The Perry County JobSight workforce center has proven itself an effective matchmaker in bringing both of those sides together for several key members of the area’s coal industry. Since April, about 450 applicants have attended job fairs hosted by JobSight for several local coal companies ..." Click here to read more.
Tax-Preparation Effort Brings More Than $3M in Refunds Back to Taxpayers [September 2008] "Intense interest in federal economic stimulus checks helped boost local economies by pumping more than $3 million in refund dollars back into the region after an unprecedented number of taxpayers in seven counties took advantage of a an annual free tax preparation effort offered by the Eastern Kentucky Asset Building Collaboration (EKABC) ..." Click here to read more.
EKCEP Mourns the Loss of WIB Member Finley Begley [July 2008] "Finley F. Begley, a longtime member of the EKCEP Workforce Investment Board (WIB), died Wednesday, July 9, at the Hazard ARH Hospital. He was 78 ... " Click here to read more.
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