workforce development

The initiatives enable workers to be trained in new skills while they're on the job.

The workforce development initiative has so far failed to meet its 80% job placement goals by nearly half for workers who complete the training program.

Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai said he wants to review the level of interest among advanced manufacturers for a proposed county workforce development center at Brooks.

This November, San Antonio voters will decide whether to approve the "SA Ready to Work" initiative that would promote workforce development in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, which wiped out more than 60,000 area jobs. On San Antonians' ballots as the City's "Proposition B," it proposes a four-year program to train 40,000 residents for future in-demand jobs to provide stable careers in the post-COVID economy.

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