Virginia Workforce Area Hosts U.S. Secretary of Labor Solis

On October 20, the U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis and Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training Jane Oates met with jobseekers utilizing the Falls Church SkillSource Center in WIA Area 11. Secretary Solis and Assistant Secretary Oates discussed the need for continued skills development and training with job seekers at the Center and also met with several job seekers working in the Center’s computer lab while preparing to test for the Virginia Career Readiness Certificate.

In addition to touring the One Stop and meeting WIA participants, Secretary Solis and Asst. Secretary Oates sat down with WIB Director David Hunn, WIB Chair Dr. David Miles, Area 11 staff and Vanessa Rastberger, Workforce Services Consultant at Virginia’s Community Colleges to learn more about Area 11’s workforce programs and to discuss current workforce challenges. All parties in attendance benefitted from sharing their unique perspectives.

- Vanessa Rastberger, Workforce Services Consultant

VWN Blog Sources

We’ve worked hard to gather the best sources to help employers and job seekers, and have created this blog to show all of the information in one place. Below is a list of those sources, in case you’d like to investigate them further. If you’d like us to consider another source to add to this blog, please contact us.

Facebook

• The SkillSource Group, Inc.
• Virginia’s Region 2000 Partnership
• Northern Virginia Gate (NOVA GATE)
• Great Expectations

Twitter

• Alexandria/Arlington Workforce Investment Board
• Virginia Region 2000 Partnership
• Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell
• Virginia State Senate
• Virginia House of Delegates
• Virginia’s Community Colleges Chancellor Glenn DuBois

LinkedIn

• Alexandria/Arlington Workforce Investment Board

Blogs

• Mike’s Blog, from Mike Harvey, Executive Director of the Thomas Jefferson Partnership