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Ike Swetlitz and Ed Williams Searchlight New Mexico This story was originally published by Searchlight New Mexico. Last March, Teresa Espindola, a 46-year-old painter in Tijeras, was having problems getting her unemployment payments. She was locked out of New Mexico’s online system and couldn’t get anyone on the phone to help her. After months of fruitless phone calls, she emailed a state employee named Bill. “I didn’t know who he was,” Espindola said. All she knew was that he worked...

– By Evan Williams A grant from the J.M. McDonald Foundation has been enabling Challenge Workforce Solutions to deliver remote job readiness services to participants who are staying at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Founded in 1968 in Ithaca, New York, Challenge is dedicated to creating pathways to employment for people with disabilities and other barriers. J.M. McDonald was a retail executive and dairy cattle breeder who settled in Cortland, New York in the 1920s. Shortly before his deat...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- As Texas reopens, economists believe itll bring more jobs. If youre looking to beat the rush, ABC13 has a way for you to get a job quickly. ABC13 partnered with Workforce Solutions Thursday to host a virtual job fair. More than 700 jobs are available with eight different companies. If you missed the event live, you can soon watch it in the video player above or on our free streaming app on Roku, Amazon Fire or Apple TV. During the half-hour event, recruiters take calls,...

Eliassen Group Named to SIAs List of Best Staffing Firms to Work For News provided by Share this article Share this article READING, Mass., March 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Eliassen Group, a strategic consulting and talent solutions firm, has been honored as a Best Staffing Firm to Work For by Staffing Industry Analysts, global advisor on staffing and workforce solutions. Eliassen Group competed for this distinction when its employees participated in an anonymous survey, which measured several a...

The Gulf Coast Workforce Board and its operating affiliate Workforce Solutions, are the public workforce system in the 13-county Houston-Galveston region of Texas. The board helps employers meet their human resource needs and individuals build careers, so both can compete in the global economy. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE/HUMAN TRAFFICKING RESOURCES IN SE TEXAS AVDA is a nonprofit organization that has served the Houston community for 40 years with the mission to end family violence by advocating for the...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- As Texas reopens, economists believe itll bring more jobs. If youre looking to beat the rush, ABC13 has a way for you to get a job quickly. ABC13 partnered with Workforce Solutions Thursday to host a virtual job fair. More than 700 jobs are available with eight different companies. If you missed the event live, you can soon watch it in the video player above or on our free streaming app on Roku, Amazon Fire or Apple TV. During the half-hour event, recruiters take calls,...

If youre on the hunt for a job, today may be your lucky day. Workforce Solutions is hosting a Business and Finance Virtual Job Fair on Thursday, Mar. 11. The job event will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.  No experience is necessary for some entry level jobs. Some of the employers participating include Broadway Bank, City of San Antonio, First Convenience Bank, Spectrum and Kohls Call Center as well as others.  Those attending the virtual event can ask employers questions, submit resumes and ev...

New Mexico’s unemployment office is struggling to answer millions of calls for help.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Women lost more jobs during the pandemic than men, but there are growing opportunities for females that could provide a higher paying income. New data from the U.S. Department of Labor shows Black, Hispanic, and white women had higher unemployment rates compared to men last year. To help women find new jobs, a local trade school is trying to attract more females. MIAT, a private technical school with several locations in Houston, recently hired four female instructors. ...

Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal Rudy Valdes Pino, 17, a cashier at the Dixon Cooperative Market, scans groceries in this Feb. 23 file photo. A bill that would mandate all New Mexico businesses provide paid sick leave for their employees cleared its first Senate hurdle on Monday after being amended. (Eddie Moore/Journal) SANTA FE – The battle over paid sick leave for New Mexico private sector employees took a new twist Monday, with backers agreeing to delay the effective date of a mand...