A signing ceremony is planned September 17 to unveil a new welding registered apprenticeship created by Northeast Indiana Works and Garrett High School. Forty juniors and seniors are expected to sign up for the paid apprenticeship at the event and another 38 sophomores at Garrett are waiting in the wings. The up to three-year welding apprenticeship, approved by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), is an extension of an existing State Earn and Learn (SEAL) career development welding program at...

Northeast Indiana Works has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a broad spectrum of outreach support. Included is development of awareness campaign strategies, website enhancements, content creation for social media posts, development of print and signage materials, and broadcast production. The RFP can be found here. Deadline for submissions is September 21, 2021. Questions regarding the RFP may be submitted in writing to operations@neinworks.org. Responses to questions can be found...

Asians and Hispanics were among the hardest hit initially by the COVID-19 pandemic, Blacks have been the slowest to recover, and workers ages 20-24 and 65 and older were the most adversely affected at the outset, according to a review of northeast Indiana unemployment insurance (UI) claimants during the first year of the pandemic. The claimant review was conducted by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD) and Northeast Indiana Works, the region’s nonprofit workforce development...

Beginning Monday, August 9, masks will be required for all customers and staff at the 11 WorkOne Northeast career centers in northeast Indiana. “We are doing this to help ensure the well-being of customers and staff in the midst of growing concern about COVID-19,” said Northeast Indiana Works President and CEO Edmond O’Neal. “We will continue to monitor the situation to determine if additional precautions become necessary.” The mask requirement applies to both vaccinated and unvaccinated...

Rep. Jim Banks, R-IN, in conjunction with Purdue University Fort Wayne and WorkOne Northeast, will host a job fair from noon to 3 p.m. August 4 in the university’s Walb Union International Ballroom. More than 70 employers with a total of more than 1,000 job openings are expected to attend. “Just this month, there’ve been more than 14,000 online job postings in northeast Indiana,” said Banks. “It’s incredibly important right now for Hoosier workers and employers to connect, and for workers to...

The Adams Wells Manufacturing Alliance, the Area 18 CTE Cooperative and Northeast Indiana Works received a 2021 Partnership Award of Excellence from the Governor’s Workforce Cabinet. The honor focuses on Career and Technical Education (CTE) initiatives. The award given the northeast Indiana entities and presented May 12 during ceremonies in Indianapolis was one of four statewide recognizing secondary school partnerships. Northeast Indiana Works has long been involved with the manufacturing...