workforce development

Akron is receiving $51 million to develop and produce the next generation of plastics and rubber. The funding will cover seven projects, including one at the University of Akron to bolster life cycle assessment training.

A new $10 million program to build Cleveland’s minority workforce was re-approved by Cleveland City Council Monday, and along with that approval came more details about the project.

The Skills to Succeed campaign will train workers for in-demand jobs.

The collaboration kicked off last weekend with Innovation Day at Kent State University.

The Greater Cleveland Partnership and a host of other businesses and organizations held a “signing day” ceremony for a small batch of talented young people Tuesday, but it wasn't athletes signing on the dotted line. It was apprentices in the burgeoning field of IT (information technology).

Cleveland City Council Monday approved a new $10 million workforce development initiative Monday, meant to be the a new-to-Cleveland collaborative approach across multiple partners to build a pipeline to train new workers.

Two requests for use of the city’s American Rescue Plan Act dollars on education and workforce development initiatives made it out of a Cleveland City Council committee meeting Tuesday, but not until after facing some tough questions from council members.

The Additive Manufacturing Roadmap Team says implementing the technology more could lead to increased business growth in this area of the state.

Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted was in Cleveland Monday on the first leg of what he's calling his week-long "Statewide Workforce Tour." The goal is to highlight vocational training programs that provide pathways to well-paying jobs. Speaking with executives and students at Tech Elevator, a computer coding school in Cleveland, Husted asked what the state can do to support programs like it. One suggestion: stop requiring bachelor's degrees for state government jobs that focus on computer programming. Husted was receptive to the idea.

American manufacturing is at a crossroads:Not only in terms of changing technology and increased competition, but whether workers are ready for the next…