Underemployed, Unemployed,
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Chart Your Course To A Successful Career

Successful Workforce Partnerships

A well-trained, eager workforce waits for you as an employer partner. Large and small businesses can invest in their communities while building diverse workforce infrastructure. 

Employer Partners

We partner with businesses across Hampton Roads for exciting employment opportunities.

  • TruGreen
  • Newport News Shipyard
  • Hampton Roads Workforce Council
  • Smithfield Foods
  • Hampton Roads Transit/Drive Now
  • Workforce Development/Virginia Peninsula Community College

 

Successful Workforce Partnerships

Are you ready to invest in yourself and develop the skills you need for a successful career? Check out the Navigating Wealth Building Program at Brooks Crossing Innovation + Opportunity Center. This FREE fast track program helps Newport News residents overcome barriers to employment and gain the education and training they need to begin successful careers.

The City’s Department of Development wors with the Peninsula Regional Education Program (PREP) and a wide array of partners to each person’s unique skills and interests while preparing them for successful, long -term employment.

 

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FREE, Fast-Track Career Readiness Program

  • Career Readiness Certification

  • Weekly Stipends

  • Workplace Excellence Series Activities

  • OSHA-10 Certification

  • Northstar Digital Literacy

  • Resume Development & Interview Preparation

  • Employer Recruitment & Engagement Activities 

This Program Transforms Futures – Employment, Family and Community Leadership

Students becoming job-ready year-round

Program graduates reentering workforce

Local business and employer partners getting trained staff.