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The Spot helps young people find career paths and overcome the barriers that trip them up, whether it be the justice system, housing or mental health.
Kentuckians like Katie Rubin are quitting their jobs left and right as problems swell in the Bluegrass state. Natosha Via Joselin Ingram spent her
Businesses hopeful about hiring workers as Kentucky resumes unemployment work search requirement For businesses like Against the Grain, it's welcome news as it is in the midst of re-hiring staff ahead of the re-opening of its flagship brewery. Author: Tyler Emery Updated: 11:59 PM EDT May 10, 2021 LOUISVILLE, Ky. — "We're hiring" signs are plastered all over Louisville across all industries, as businesses try to fill empty positions. As they deal with staffing shortages, Kentucky has reinstated its unemployment work search requirement this week. The mandate...
Business growth is coming to Kentuckiana amid staffing issues from hospitality to manufacturing. Author: Tom Lally Updated: 11:08 PM EDT May 5, 2021 LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A little over a year ago, business owners in Louisville and across the country were laying off employees. Now, they're struggling to get people back. "That was the beginning of what got us in the problem we're facing now," said Olivia Griffin. She owns a Limbo bar, Riot Café, and Mysterious Rack in downtown Louisville. With nice weather and accusable vaccines, she said, "everyone needs about ...
Hayes Gardner, Louisville Courier Journal Published 8:49 pm UTC Dec. 17, 2020 LOUISVILLE, Ky. — William Isaac blames himself for his checkered past. After all, he’s the one who made the decisions that put him in jail, on and off, for more than two decades, starting in his mid-20s. He’s the one who dealt drugs, leading to his incarceration and making it difficult to land stable employment. He’s the one at fault, he says. However, the 50-year-old Black Louisville resident also believes he never would have turned to crime if he had better access to a decent-paying job with career advan...