The state of Hawaii has received a $1.8 million federal grant from the Workforce Investment Act Dislocated Worker Program to help provide job training for those individuals who have been unemployed for 27 weeks or longer. The grant would help by reimbursing Hawaii employers up to 90 percent of the wages that they pay workers while they hire and train them. The Workforce Investment Act hopes to help those who may need to upgrade their job skills in order for them to get hired.
Executive Director of the Job Quest job fair, Beth Busch, thinks that this federal grant will provide some people with an excellent resource. Busch stated, "We have a skills gap in which many of those who are unemployed don’t have the skills employers are looking for. We just don’t have as broad a range of industries in Hawaii, which makes branching out and getting training even more important here. People need to open their minds. They need to know that some jobs are never coming back.” For more information go to labor.hawaii.gov/wdd/onestop
Source: Honolulu Star Advertiser, 9-25-2013, www.staradvertiser.com
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