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Community Colleges Partner with Local Employers to Train Workers for In-Demand Careers
San Diego’s job market continues to expand, creating opportunities for local businesses across various growing industries. Job sectors with the greatest need for workers include advanced manufacturing, software, engineering, health care, life sciences, and business. The career opportunities within these sectors are vast and offer good-paying, high-demand “middle-skill” jobs that require more education than a…
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Imperial Valley College Programs Train for Resilient, Living Wage Careers
As the country heads toward economic recovery and unemployment dropped to 6.1 percent nationally, the Imperial Valley continues to suffer with the state’s highest unemployment rate of 15.7 percent. Pandemic-related layoffs have displaced many workers while businesses continue to struggle to find qualified candidates for critical positions. At the same time, the sectors with the…
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Spring 2019 Career Education News Roundup; Enrollment Underway
Spring 2019 Career Education News Roundup; Enrollment Underway Community Colleges Target Industry Sectors Hiring Now with New Campus Resources December 4, 2018—San Diego, CA—Career Education enrollment for the Spring 2019 term is now open in all six community college districts, including their continuing education centers, in San Diego and Imperial Counties. Area campuses offer new…
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Career Education Students Land Local Jobs by Gaining Skills Employers Need
All six community college districts, including their continuing education centers, in San Diego and Imperial Counties are targeting job openings with specific programs and certificates in the Health and Information Communication Technology/Digital Media industries, two of the top nine in-demand industry sectors in the region.
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San Diego and Imperial Counties Community Colleges Partner with Local Companies to Prepare and Launch Students into Good-Paying Middle-Skill Jobs
Among Top Industries Hiring: Life Sciences & Biotechnology and Advanced Transportation & Logistics
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KUSI News: How Community Colleges Are Filling Local Job Openings by Connecting People with Career Ed Programs
KUSI Good Morning San Diego discusses San Diego and Imperial Counties’ Community College effort to align Career Education programs with local in-demand jobs with Dr. Cindy L. Miles, Chancellor of the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College district.
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New Community College Website Aligns Career Education Programs with Region’s Job Openings for Fall Enrollment
CareerEd.org highlights career options and programs offered, helps students enroll easily JULY 31, 2018—SAN DIEGO, CA—San Diego and Imperial Counties Community Colleges have launched a new website specific to Career Education programs offered at the region’s nine community colleges. CareerEd.org (offered in both English and Spanish) helps prospective students explore growing industry sectors with middle-skill…
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San Diego and Imperial Counties Community Colleges Unite to Fill Growing Labor Skills Gap
New study finds shortage of qualified “middle-skill” workers in San Diego region; New regional Career Education campaign promotes programs targeting these well-paying, in-demand jobs JUNE 20, 2018— SAN DIEGO, CA — A report released today by the San Diego-Imperial Center of Excellence for Labor Market Research (COE) finds that “middle-skill” jobs, which require more training…
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Career Education Infographic
Learn more facts about Career Education in San Diego & Imperial Counties with this helpful infographic. Click HERE or the image to download as PDF.
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