August 2009 ARCHIVE

On The Job TV

(28th August, 2009)

On The Job is a television show showcasing unique and often overlooked companies and educational opportunities in Alabama. On The Job provides an educational and informative outlet designed to give Alabama citizens a look at jobs available to them and the education and skills required to get these jobs and improve their lives.
Hosted by Bobby [...]

AIDT’s Mission

(26th August, 2009)

The Mission of AIDT is to provide quality workforce development for Alabama’s new and expanding businesses, and to expand the opportunities of its citizens through the jobs these businesses create.
AIDT, an institution of the Alabama Community College System, encourages economic development through job-specific training. Training services are offered in many areas, at [...]

New Maritime Welding and Ship Fitting Training

(7th August, 2009)

AIDT launched maritime training in Mobile in 2007 to provide job seekers with qualifications and skills needed to join the growing maritime industry. Atlantic Marine, Austal USA, Bender Shipbuilding and C & G Boatworks are working with AIDT to expand the maritime training to help fill their jobs.
Intensive welding and ship fitting training is available [...]

ThyssenKrupp Steel and Stainless USA to create 2,700 jobs in Alabama

(7th August, 2009)

ThyssenKrupp continues building a $3.7 billion world class, state-of-the-art steel and stainless steel processing facility located in Calvert, AL. The facility is a cooperative effort between two ThyssenKrupp segments – Steel and Stainless. When fully operational, the facility will employ 2,700 workers and have an estimated annual capacity of 5.1 million metric tons of [...]

Ready To Work

(6th August, 2009)

Alabama’s Ready to Work program provides a career pathway for adults with limited education and employment experience at 53 sites by 21 colleges. Ready to Work’s workplace environment provides trainees the entry level skills required for employment with most businesses and industries in Alabama. The training curriculum is set to standards cited by business and [...]

Job help coming to DeKalb

(6th August, 2009)

DeKalb County’s unemployment rate has risen sharply in the past year, but an event and a new resource
opening on Friday will hopefully combat that, according to state officials.
To help assist those who have lost their jobs or may be looking for a career change, several state
agencies will be on hand at a Retool and Retrain [...]