Comments for Skills2Compete-Massachusetts http://skills2competema.com Meeting the Demands of Massachusetts' 21st-Century Economy Mon, 21 May 2012 12:34:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on House Jobs Bill Released–Support for Middle-Skill Jobs and Training by Weekly Workforce Roundup: May 14-May 20 « Skills2Compete-Massachusetts http://skills2competema.com/2012/05/15/house-jobs-bill-released-support-for-middle-skill-jobs-and-training/#comment-1174 Mon, 21 May 2012 12:34:08 +0000 http://skills2competema.com/?p=1004#comment-1174 [...] House Jobs Bill Details (Skills2Compete MA Blog, May 15, 2012) [...]

]]> Comment on Senate FY13 Budget Update by Weekly Workforce Roundup: May 14-May 20 « Skills2Compete-Massachusetts http://skills2competema.com/2012/05/20/senate-fy13-budget-update/#comment-1173 Mon, 21 May 2012 12:34:02 +0000 http://skills2competema.com/?p=1013#comment-1173 [...] Senate FY13 budget update (Skills2Compete MA Blog, May 20, 2012) [...]

]]> Comment on House Jobs Bill Released–Support for Middle-Skill Jobs and Training by SkillWorks: House Jobs Bill Released–Support for Middle-Skill Jobs and Training http://skills2competema.com/2012/05/15/house-jobs-bill-released-support-for-middle-skill-jobs-and-training/#comment-1168 Wed, 16 May 2012 12:59:12 +0000 http://skills2competema.com/?p=1004#comment-1168 [...] House Jobs Bill Released–Support for Middle-Skill Jobs and Training Posted on May 15, 2012 by SkillWorks [...]

]]> Comment on House Budget Update by Weekly Workforce Roundup: April 23-May 6 « Skills2Compete-Massachusetts http://skills2competema.com/2012/04/27/house-budget-update/#comment-1160 Mon, 07 May 2012 14:55:09 +0000 http://skills2competema.com/?p=972#comment-1160 [...] Thanks to everyone who made calls on behalf of workforce amendments to the House budget.  The final House budget was released last week, and it included many of our priorities.  Read more in last week’s FY2013 House Budget post: [...]

]]> Comment on 56 Senators and Representatives co-sponsor the Middle-Skills Solutions Act by Middle-Skills Act is reported out favorably! « Skills2Compete-Massachusetts http://skills2competema.com/2011/02/10/56-senators-and-representatives-co-sponsor-the-middle-skills-solutions-act/#comment-1093 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:53:40 +0000 http://skills2competema.com/?p=371#comment-1093 [...] This good news caps months of hard work and advocacy by many partners in the Skills2Compete MA coalition and leadership by our bill’s sponsors and co-sponsors. [...]

]]> Comment on Quite a week for skills training by Weekly Workforce Roundup: Jan. 23-Jan. 29 « Skills2Compete-Massachusetts http://skills2competema.com/2012/01/25/quite-a-week-for-skills-training/#comment-1024 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:07:18 +0000 http://skills2competema.com/?p=825#comment-1024 [...] Act.  On top of all this, President Obama discussed the importance of workforce training in his State of the Union address last Tuesday [...]

]]> Comment on First look at workforce priorities in the Governor’s FY2013 Budget by Weekly Workforce Roundup: Jan. 23-Jan. 29 « Skills2Compete-Massachusetts http://skills2competema.com/2012/01/26/first-look-at-workforce-priorities-in-the-governors-fy2013-budget/#comment-1023 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:07:16 +0000 http://skills2competema.com/?p=828#comment-1023 [...] students obtain the credentials needed for middle-skill jobs.   In addition, on Wednesday, the Governor released his House I budget, which not only included the $10 million for community colleges that he promised in the State of [...]

]]> Comment on Governor’s State of State address focuses on community colleges and their role in addessing middle-skill gap by Weekly Workforce Roundup: Jan. 23-Jan. 29 « Skills2Compete-Massachusetts http://skills2competema.com/2012/01/24/governors-state-of-state-address-focuses-on-community-colleges-and-their-role-in-addessing-middle-skill-gap/#comment-1022 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:07:14 +0000 http://skills2competema.com/?p=813#comment-1022 [...] college issues.  Congratulations to the Boston Foundation, whose report inspired many of the recommendations in the Governor’s State of the State related to community colleges.  The Governor’s recommendations to unify and align the [...]

]]> Comment on Events by Grant offers great opportunity to community colleges; Aligns with Middle Skills Act « Skills2Compete-Massachusetts http://skills2competema.com/events/#comment-880 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:27:21 +0000 http://skills2competema.com/#comment-880 [...] Events [...]

]]> Comment on American Jobs Act Details by skillworks http://skills2competema.com/2011/09/09/american-jobs-act-details/#comment-879 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:46:56 +0000 http://skills2competema.com/?p=617#comment-879 Hi Gretchen,

Thanks for commenting–we’ve supported funding for the ESP before and will continue to do so. We have been very disappointed to see that program suffer such dramatic cuts in recent years.

Please stay engaged with our policy efforts through Skills2Compete and the Workforce Solutions Group (www.workforcesolutionsgrp.com)

Best wishes to you in your job search,

Loh-Sze Leung
Director

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