JAG News Fall/Winter 2018

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Created: Thursday, 17 January 2019 15:54

Check out all of the great things that our JAG students have been up to this Fall.

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Job Fair for Dixie Chopper Employees

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Created: Wednesday, 02 January 2019 16:37

WorkOne will be hosting a Job Fair for employees impacted by the closing of Dixie Chopper.

Thursday January 10, 2019

The INN At Depauw

2 W. Seminary St

Greencastle, IN 46135

Registered employers include:

• FedEx Express
• Aerotek (Great Dane)
• PPG Industrial Coatings
• Department of Corrections
• Crown Equipment
• Metal Forming Industries
• Endeavor Communications
• Walmart Distribution
• CFA Staffing
• Poet Biorefining
• Bane Welker Equipment
• Express Employment Professionals (Great Dane)
• Chewy

If you have further questions about any of the information list above, please contact MikeSmith at (812) 238-5616 ext. 4 or by email at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. you cannot attend please be sure to visit a WorkOne office to learn more about services available to you. Visit www.workonewest.com to find the location and hours of the nearest WorkOne office.

Attention Dixie Chopper Employees

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Created: Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:13

As a worker impacted by the recent Dixie Chopper closing, you are eligible for a variety of programs and services at no cost to you. WorkOne Western Indiana is offering an important informational session to help you and your spouse learn more about all services available to individuals who have been displaced by this closure and navigate the next steps to reemployment.As a worker impacted by the recent Dixie Chopper closing, you are eligible for a variety of programs and services at no cost to you.

WorkOne Western Indiana is offering an important informational session to help you and your spouse learn more about all services available to individuals who have been displaced by this closure and navigate the next steps to reemployment.  The orientation session will give an overview of possible programs and services such as:

• Unemployment Insurance Benefit Program
• Job Search and placement assistance
• Professional interviewing and resume preparation workshops
• Information about education and training opportunities
• Financial planning and stress management workshops
• Labor Market Information
• Veterans programs and services

* Area 30 is a public education center and is a tobacco free site.If you have further questions about any of the information list above, please contact MikeSmith at (812) 238-5616 ext. 4 or by email at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. you cannot attend please be sure to visit a WorkOne office to learn more about services available to you. Visit www.workonewest.com to find the location and hours of the nearest WorkOne office.

Work Based Learning

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Created: Friday, 26 October 2018 17:53

On October 27, WorkOne hosted Exective Director, Darrel Zeck and Senior Director Carrie Lively of the recently created Office of Work Based Learning.

In events held at the Area 30 Career Center in Greencastle and the Ohio Building in Terre Haute, local school administrators, employers and local officials heard from Darrel and Carrie about increasing Work Based Learning,  apprenticeship and internship opportunities in our area.  Photo Gallery

Media Coverage:

Terre Haute Tribune Star

https://www.tribstar.com/news/local_news/state-official-indiana-must-strengthen-workforce/article_fd260448-d4a0-52d9-be7e-699760cf1271.html

WTWO-TV2

https://www.mywabashvalley.com/news/filling-the-vacancies/1550022600

Manufacturing Day 2018

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Created: Thursday, 04 October 2018 22:14

Manufacturing Day is the nation’s largest one-day celebration of manufacturing. The Western Indiana Workforce Development Board and the Vigo County School Corporation are partnering to provide approximately forty middle and high school counselors with a view of today’s advanced manufacturing environment and an opportunity to learn more about the numerous related career pathways available to students. Counselors come from schools in Clay, Parke, Sullivan, Vermillion, and Vigo counties were invited to attend the day’s events. Terre Haute Mayor Duke Bennett has signed a proclamation declaring Friday, October 5, 2018 “Manufacturing Day” in the city.

Did you know: 

• Advanced Manufacturing plays a critical part in the economic prosperity and a quality standard of living in Western Indiana and Eastern Illinois.
• Advanced Manufacturing employs 17% of all workers in the Indiana/Illinois Bi-state Workforce Region, which includes Clay, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan, Vermillion, and Vigo counties in Indiana and, Clark and Edgar counties in Illinois.
• Advanced Manufacturing has a multiplier effect on the U.S. economy in which every dollar in final sales of manufacturing goods adds $1.48 in economic output from other sectors of the economy.
• Advanced Manufacturing drives innovation, giving American workers the tools and processes to remain the most productive in the world.
• Advanced Manufacturing continued prosperity depends on the promotion of educational and vocational opportunities that align workforce and economic development resources with employment opportunities.

For more information about manufacturing, please click here.   

To view photos from this year's Manufacturing Day click here.