Helping Parolees ‘Learn How to Work Again’ Parolees face many decisions immediately after being released from prison. After incarceration, they must figure out how to re-enter society, and finding work is one of the many challenges they face. Deanna Krehbiel and Eddie Rubio with the San Bernardino Community College District (SBCCD) know this well. For the past […]
As California businesses work to recover from the impact of COVID-19, employee training will play a critical role as the need for new skillsets emerge in the pandemic and post-pandemic workplace. Contract education units at California community colleges have provided skills training for businesses for years and are known for being able to quickly design and […]
As California businesses work to recover from the impact of COVID-19, employee training will play a critical role as the need for new skillsets emerge in the pandemic and post-pandemic workplace. Contract education units at California community colleges have provided skills training for businesses for years and are known for being able to quickly design and deliver […]
California’s skilled nursing facilities faced a major challenge starting in spring 2018. State-required staffing ratios were changing. To meet the new state requirements, facilities needed more certified nursing assistants (CNAs). To help meet the new requirements, the governor issued a critical proposal calling for the Employment Training Panel (ETP) to award $2.5 million to reimburse […]
For several years in Visalia, employers told the Visalia Economic Development Corporation and the Tulare County Workforce Investment Board they had a problem. Their present and future workers needed to understand how to function better in the workplace—what they call “soft skills.” For Jorge Zegarra at the College of the Sequoias that was a clue to get […]
What does it take to produce 345,000 pastries every day? According to Svenhard’s Swedish Bakery, it takes about 6,400 pounds of flour and 4,100 pounds of fruit fillings—not to mention 250 well-trained employees and a facility that operates 24 hours a day. After 100 years in the bakery business making horns, cinnamon rolls, claws, and […]
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