Job Training

Democratic candidate for Ohio Governor Nan Whaley said her job plan will connect workers with good-paying jobs while a spokeswoman for Gov. Mike DeWine said he is already building a modern workforce.

Ohio State University is developing a new curriculum to train workers to help expand broadband internet access in rural and urban areas of Ohio.

The pandemic has added some new work opportunities for residents in Central Ohio with mild to moderate developmental disabilities. Many of them lost their jobs at ARC Industries Inc. when COVID-19 health restrictions prevented the five facilities from operating at full capacity.

Often during a recession, enrollment in community colleges goes up. The first numbers for this fall show a decline — down nearly 8% compared with last year.

In January, Columbus launched a new career development program for recently incarcerated people. After months of work, and overcoming additional obstacles…

Columbus city leaders celebrated the inaugural class of a new career development program to help recently incarcerated individuals find jobs.At Alvis in…

Officials in Grove City say they've started a job training reimbursement program that’s the first of its kind in the country.Grove City leaders say the…

Amazon plans to invest $700 million to train a third of its U.S. workforce for higher-skilled jobs. The company acknowledged that workers could use their new skills to seek jobs outside Amazon.

Like most kids, Erica Miller loved riding the merry-go-round when she was little. Her mom took her often to the one at the Columbus Zoo. Miller was always…

Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted was in Cleveland Monday on the first leg of what he's calling his week-long "Statewide Workforce Tour." The goal is to highlight vocational training programs that provide pathways to well-paying jobs. Speaking with executives and students at Tech Elevator, a computer coding school in Cleveland, Husted asked what the state can do to support programs like it. One suggestion: stop requiring bachelor's degrees for state government jobs that focus on computer programming. Husted was receptive to the idea.