Nearly two dozen middle schoolers participated October 29 in Manufacturing Experience 2022, a day camp at the Community Learning Center in Kendallville designed to give young people a hands-on opportunity to explore facets of modern-day manufacturing. The camp, which focused largely on skills related to autonomous systems, was a collaboration involving Northeast Indiana Works, Be Noble, Freedom Academy, the Impact Institute, iSMART Lab and the Don Wood Foundation. It was part of a digitally...

Northeast Indiana Works and WorkOne Northeast will conduct a free employer seminar from 9 a.m. to noon September 22 at Sweetwater Sound, 5501 U.S. 30 West, Fort Wayne, IN. The seminar will be offered in person and virtually. Among the topics: Employee recruitment strategies; childcare resources; registered apprenticeships; the Work Opportunity Tax Credit and federal bonding; diversity in the workforce, and employee retention and engagement. “More than 130 employers have already signed up for...

The Region 8 Education Service Center has been awarded a two-year, $1,188,950 grant from the Indiana Department of Education that will advance healthcare career awareness and exploration for young people in northeast Indiana. Key partners involved with the Explore, Engage and Experience (3E) grant include Northeast Indiana Works, Parkview Health, Junior Achievement of Northern Indiana, the Questa Foundation, Ivy Tech Community College-Northeast, Accessing Self Knowledge (ASK), the Northeast...

U.S. 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. July 6 in the university’s Walb Student Union International Ballroom. “I’m looking forward to partnering with WorkOne Northeast and Purdue Fort Wayne for my sixth consecutive northeast Indiana jobs fair,” said Banks. “It’s a great opportunity for Hoosiers to meet with employers who are hiring and to learn about thousands of job openings and dozens of...

Northeast Indiana Works has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking a company to provide information technology support to our 11 WorkOne Northeast career centers and to the business management office at 200 E. Main St., Fort Wayne. Submissions are due August 8, 2022. The selected company will be providing assistance to Northeast Indiana Works' information technology (IT) department in managing the WorkOne IT infrastructure and will be directed by Northeast Indiana Works' IT director when...

Student signing ceremonies will be conducted throughout northeast Indiana in May in recognition of CTE (Career & Technical Education) Awareness Month. The month was designated several years ago by Northeast Indiana Works and the Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership to promote skills-based training at the secondary-school level that leads to certifications and then employment after high school. The signings symbolically represent commitments to work for companies; in some cases, the...