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January 13, 2012- City of Hartford Summer Youth Employment Launch- Mayor Pedro Segarra kicked off his 2012 Summer Youth Employment Initiative at an employer engagement breakfast meeting designed to encourage local businesses - large and small - to take on capable and qualified interns this summer. If you are interested in hiring an intern, contact Rich Davis.
Check out Oz Griebel and Tom Phillips talking about the importance of
Summer Youth Employment on
The Stan Simpson Show Fox 61
December 6, 2011. Annual Health Care Career Fair at New Britain High School. Students from the New Britain Academy for Health Professions, the CNA program, EMT program and Firefighter program attended the event. This was an opportunity for students to begin to make decisions concerning their health care career path. Included in attendance were: three departments from CCSU, including the Nursing department, two departments from the UCONN Health Center, Tunxis Community College with their Dental Hygiene department, Hartford Hospital, Bristol Hospital, the Hospital of Central Connecticut, the Community Health Center of New Britain, Goodwin College, Lincoln College of New England, Naugatuck Valley Community College, the Hospital for Special Care, the Health Department of the City of New Britain, the New Britain Fire Department and the Area Health Education Center (AHEC). The Annual Health Care Career Fair takes place here every fall.
Photo/Story by: G. Berthiaume
Have you seen the new website?
WTIC Radio Show:
Preparing Our Young People for Work
Listen to the podcast of this program with Ray Dunaway, United Way's Susan Dunn, CWP's Jim Boucher, Aetna's Tim Fefebvre, and CWP Career Connections Student at Aetna, Ashley Hernandez
October 19, 2011- “And Thank You” – Thanks was given to the Hartford area Summer Youth Employers at the Employer Appreciation Breakfast at The Lyceum in Hartford. Once again, employer feedback was given, experiences were shared and employers were introduced to the new career competencies website.
October 5, 2011- Thanks for Another Wonderful Summer - Capital Workforce Partners hosted an Appreciation Breakfast for the New Britain and Bristol Summer Youth Employers which was held at HRA of New Britain. Employers shared the joys and challenges they faced this summer, learned some information about the Career Competencies website and talked about measures they could take in order to move forward this important initiative that is critical to the region’s businesses, and much needed for a healthy future workforce talent pipeline.
September 26 and 27, 2011 - Career Competencies Soft Skills Training - Capital Workforce Partners offered a training course on Learning Resources, Inc. Workforce Readiness Skills System. Learning Resource Inc. (LRI) is a national standardized assessment provider we are piloting with year round programs to measure career competency soft skills. Check out their website at:. http://learning-resources.com/
Joseph and Chelsea Scalia aren't just brother and sister - they are also "co-workers" - working together as custodial assistants at Memorial Boulevard Middle School. Both have worked in CWP's Summer Youth Employment Program for two summers now with Bristol Community Organization.. Joseph is the oldest graduated from high school this year and plans to work with heavy equipment. Chelsea will be a senior at Bristol Central High School and plans to become a police officer. They both really enjoy the program and meeting new people.
Meet Angela Montoya - Whose summer employment assignment was at the City of Hartford - Mayor's Office of Constituent Services - one of the Connecticut Puerto Rican Forum's worksites. Angela said, " I plan to apply the experience I gained this summer to my advantage. I don't know exactly the career I want to go into, but I do know the skills I learned from this program will help me in the future."
August 11, 2011 - HRA Summer Youth participants. TD Bank was a guest presenter offering some financial coaching and speaking to youth about the benefits of opening up an account. In the photo are (l-r): Alandre Ricks, Kayla Nazario (WIA Youth), Jasmine Hicks, Thalia Miranda, Devante Gardner, Dashawn Smith, Brian Gallardo, Mario Alicea, Dorian Hancox and Justin Graves.
Summer 2011 - Participants in the OIC Summer Youth Employment Program Learn about Policing Careers - featured in the New Britain Herald on July 29th, these Opportunities Industrialization Center students learned about what it is like to be a motorcycle police officer and the various opportunities and challenges police officers face.
2011 CT Youth Employment Program a Tremendous Success
Look at some of the
IMPRESSIVE Worksites this year:
Aetna, Inc. - City of Hartford
Bristol Hospital - Marshall’s
DEP FIsh Hatchery - PCC Technology
CVS Pharmacy - TJ Maxx
CPS Properties - Greater Hartford Pro-Am, Inc.
Identidad Latina Newspaper - NBC Connecticut
Telemundo - Stew Leonards
Connecticut Shirtman - Walgreens
Burlington Coat Factory - Imagination Museum
ShopRite of Manchester
Metropolitan District Commission
Joiner, Ricketts, Andrews, & Henry, LLP
Northend Agents - Subway
June 24, 2011 – CHIP Graduation Student Attendance Exceeds Expectations – The Hartford Lyceum was filled with students and Internship Employers celebrating another year of progress for the City of Hartford Internship Program (CHIP). As many students continue school year internships, others have graduated and secured jobs. Tiffany Walton (center), from Hartford High's Govt. and Law Academy, now has a job with a local law firm. CHIP is a partnership of Capital Workforce Partners, The City of Hartford, Our Piece of the Pie, Urban League, Law & Gov. Academy and Journalism and Media Academy. [Photos]
