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Centralina NEXGEN Customer Lands Full-Time Job After Months of Work Experience

Tramon Ingram of Morven, NC was enrolled into the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) through the Centralina Workforce Development Board's NEXGEN services on July 8, 2015. He started services as a high school dropout who was also the parent of a young daughter. He had little to no work experience when he came to Union County Community Action (UCCA), Inc. 

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Workers with the multi-platform skills to work on and troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, plumbing and computer systems are in high demand and hard to find because so many people have left manufacturing.    Read the Story  

Education and workforce development are front and center in this brief video highlighting Cabarrus County's commitment to creating a solid workforce for the region. Take a peek to learn more about some of the exciting opportunities in continuing education and other initiatives that support business and industry by creating a talented and qualified workforce in Cabarrus County. Watch Video

Chris Allen is on a mission to replace all the gasoline engines around your house and in your garage.  Greenworks Tools, which makes battery-operated outdoor power tools that are sold in Lowe's home improvement stores and elsewhere, opened a 65-employee, $2 million headquarters in the Mooresville Cotton Mill complex.   Read the Story 

A $13.3 million investment at Robert Bosch Tool Corp's production facility in Lincolnton is expected to begin in early 2017, adding more than 50 jobs at the plant.  Read the Story

Rowan-Cabarrus Community College has a long history of working with government, school system, business and nonprofit partners. Recently, this attitude of collaboration earned the college new recognition from the Cabarrus County NCWorks Career Center.    

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Robert Van Geons, executive director of RowanWorks since January of 2008, will be leaving his positions at the end of this month.   Read the Story

Integro Technologies Corp., a leading machine vision integrator in Salisbury, has been named a 2017 System Integrator of the Year by Control Engineering and Plant Engineering magazines (CFE Media). The company is being recognized for its achievements in the areas of business acumen, client satisfaction, and technical expertise in the mid-sized system integration category.   Read the Story

Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Earns 2016 Digital Learning Innovation Award Funded by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 

Rowan-Cabarrus Community College has earned the 2016 Online Learning Consortium's Digital Learning Innovation Award (DLIAward), for advancing undergraduate student success through the adoption of digital courseware. The awards program, funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Postsecondary Success Program, is a prestigious honor.  Read the Story

Stanly Community College's Computer Integrated Machining program has received the Gene Haas Foundation Grant of $15,000 for 2016.  The grant funds can be used toward student scholarship, NIMS credentialing, and sponorship of student competitions highlighting the Computer Numeric Control (CNC) Machining Program, such as SkillsUSA or FIRST Robotics competition. Read the Story

The Board of Trustees of South Piedmont Community College has unanimously selected Dr. Maria A. Pharr as the new president of the college, contingent on State Board approval.  Pharr has extensive experience in a variety of roles at community colleges, including faculty, staff and administration, as well as state-level positions. 

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The hiring outlook for 2017 is the best the U.S. has seen on a decade.  According to a new survey commissioned by Chicago-based CareerBuilder, 40% of employers are planning to hire full-time permanent employers over the next 12 months.   Read the Story