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Mark your calendars now and preregister for the state's premier workforce conference to be held April 20-23 in Mobile, AL! AlabamaWorks! will be bringing together experts from business, industry, edu…

Have you ever been traveling down the highway, about to change lanes when you look over your shoulder and see there is a car in your blind spot?  How long was it there?  Why didn’t you notice it b…

Alabama’s workforce programs have undergone several changes in the past couple years and to say that this has caused some confusion would be a huge understatement! I liken it to the 1956 Federal-Aid…

The Alabama Robotics Technology Park (RTP) has been featured by TheFabricator.com, a publication by the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl. This article sheds light on how the trainin…

"Area Development, a national business publication, has selected Alabama for its Gold Shovel Award, recognizing the state’s economic development success in 2018. The honor follows a record year f…

AIDT is pleased to announce the hire of Jill Corbin as AlabamaWorks! Public Relations Specialist. Jill brings over 15 years of experience in communications and marketing to AlabamaWorks! wh…

“Partnership Between State Agencies Promotes Importance of School Attendance and Awareness” Join us in celebrating Alabama School Attendance Awareness Month 2019! This exciting two-month awaren…

AIDT, the workforce training agency under the Department of Commerce, has again earned an ISO 9001 certification that provides proven, successful approaches to achieving customer satisfaction an…

On Tuesday, May 21st, 2019, at approximately 11:40 pm CST an 18-wheeler crashed into the Phase 3 building at the Alabama Robotics Training Park (RTP) in Tanner.  The investigation into the cause of t…

For the fourth month in a row, more people are working in Alabama than ever before.  In April, preliminary estimates account for 2,139,379 people working, up by 32,335 from the same time a …