FEATURE ARTICLE - Who's On First. The FIRST PROGRAM
By Charles Botts and Joseph Seymour,
CTWorksJob Development Team
Professionally dressed individuals sit attentively in a packed conference room at 3580 Main Street in Hartford CT. They listen closely and take copious notes as the facilitator before them elaborates on “developing a personal brand” and “how to most effectively leverage their LinkedIn networks.” At first glance, one would assume this is some sort of company-sponsored professional development workshop that one of the area’s large local corporations is hosting for their management teams. However, upon closer inspection you will find that this is in fact an introduction to the F.I.R.S.T. Program sponsored by Capital Workforce Partners and offered at the North Central CT Works One-Stop Career Centers in order to help unemployed, state certified, dislocated workers get back to work. Read More.
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