I have been spending my summer working at the Center of Workforce Innovations (CWI) here in Valpo. In essence, CWI is a non-profit organization that works to promote workforce development. A little over 15 years ago, a federal initiative was passed that mandated that each state was to create Workforce Development programs meant to educate the workforce and help develop career paths for future job seekers to pursue. CWI is an organization that receives funding to help manage the service provider WorkOne, which is a community career center that offers a variety of services to help people become gainfully employed. CWI has received a grant entitled READY NWI that provides funding to help with the mission of Workforce Development. Most of the work I have done has been for the this project. My introduction to the world of workforce certainly has been a whirlwind experience. Almost every day I hear […]