VA Ready

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Op-Ed: Business leaders are the key to ending labor shortages for good

The Hill

June 14

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Virginia Ready Enrollment Reaches 2,000 Scholars

PRWeb

June 8

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Richmond’s Morning News with John Reid: Caren Merrick (May 13, 2021)

WRVA

May 13

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A record 44% of small businesses struggled to hire workers in April, and more than a third raised prices, study finds

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May 12

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EXPLAINER: Did US hiring slow because of a ‘labor shortage’?

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May 10

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Virginia non-profit VA Ready partners with Fairfax Radiology

WDVM

April 1

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Pell Grants for workforce training

The Free Lance-Star

March 30

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VA Ready Welcomes Fairfax Radiology Centers as Latest Business Partner

PR Web

March 29

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FOX 5 On The Hill Report: VA Ready

FOX 5

March 23

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Why the pandemic left long-term scars on global job market

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March 10

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Why CEOs Need To Promote Lifelong Learning In Their Companies

Forbes Business Council

March 4

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Nonprofit Retraining Initiative Reaches 1,300 Enrolled

Daily News Record

February 24

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Virginia Ready Initiative offers training for high-demand careers

CBS Charlottesville

February 16

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Virginia Ready offers free training to unemployed residents

ABC Richmond

February 10

Press Release

Virginia Ready Reaches Milestone Enrollment of 1,000 Scholars

PR Web

February 9

Press Release

Virginia Ready Names Loretta Penn as New Chairman to its Leadership Board

PR Web

February 2

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DC area ranks No. 1 for IT job postings

WTOP News

January 19

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VA Ready Scholars Talk About the Program

ABC Richmond

January 15

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CEO Caren Merrick Talks VA Ready

WRVA

January 13

Press Release

VA Ready Receives Grant from the Richard S. Reynolds Foundation

PR Web

January 5

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Sentara, Virginia Ready partnering to provide free training for healthcare careers

Wavy 10

December 24

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This nonprofit is giving unemployed Virginians $1K to find a new career

The Prince George Journal

December 16

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New partnership offers new healthcare jobs to Hampton Roads; plus, get paid to get trained

ABC Norfolk

December 15

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Nonprofit group is giving unemployed Virginians $1K to find a new career field

Independent Messenger

December 13

Press Release

VA Ready Announces Pilot Program with Sentara College of Health Sciences

PR Web

December 9

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Nonprofit Gets ‘VA Ready’ for Changing Job Market

The Dogwood

December 1

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VA Ready Co-Founder Glenn Youngkin Discusses The Initiative’s Mission

News Radio WRVA

November 24

Press Release

VA Ready Partners with BAE Systems to Help Virginians Find Gainful Employment

PR Web

November 22

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Bank of America gives $1 million to Northern Virginia Community College for job training initiative

Washington Business Journal

November 19

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Caren Merrick (CEO) talks Virginia Ready

WSVA

November 19

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Workers seek new skills as virus lingers

The Central Virginian

November 17

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Virginia Ready: training unemployed and underemployed workers in high-demand fields

Good Morning Washington

November 16

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Nonprofit Helping Unemployed Residents Get Back to Work

VPM

November 13

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VA nonprofit offering incentives for people to get new job training

WTKR

November 4

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VA Ready expands to include underemployed Virginians

Times Virginian

November 4

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VA Ready expands program to get more Virginians back to work

CBS Richmond

November 3

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Local non-profit VA Ready committed to helping Virginians get back to work

ABC Richmond

November 2

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VA Ready has fast and free retraining for good, open jobs in Virginia

WTOP News

November 2

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Non-Profit VA Ready Focused on Rapid Training for In-Demand Jobs

The Virginia Star

October 30

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Virginia Ready expands job training program

NBC 12 Richmond

October 30

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Nonprofit helps career training become accessible after COVID job disruption

Local DVM

October 29

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VA Ready receives community empowerment fund award from Microsoft to help reskill Virginians for in-demand jobs

The Altavista Journal

October 28

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VA Ready Expands Credential Program to Include Underemployed Virginians

Independent Messenger

October 28

Press Release

VA Ready Receives Community Empowerment Fund Award from Microsoft to Help Reskill Virginians for In-Demand Jobs

PR Web

October 27

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Program to reskill unemployed Virginians hit hard by the pandemic expands

CBS Richmond

October 27

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Northam sends $116 million to higher education, as new partnership focuses on work force opportunities

Richmond Times Dispatch

October 27

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Virginia Ready Initiative expands job training program

Augusta Free Press

October 24

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New employment program aiming to stretch to southwest Virginia

WJHL

October 24

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Virginia nonprofit helping people get back into the workforce

NBC Charlottesville

October 23

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Virginia nonprofit helping people get back into the workforce

NBC 12

October 23

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VA ready participant believes program is changing his life

ABC News Richmond

October 23

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Nonprofit works with community colleges to help people impacted by COVID-19

CBS 19

October 22

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New employment program aiming to stretch to southwest Virginia

WFXR TV

October 22

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VA Ready expands to include underemployed workers in Virginia

WCYB

October 22

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Virginia Ready expands job training to underemployed Virginians

The Progress Index

October 20

Press Release

VA Ready Expands Credential Program to Include Underemployed Virginians

PR Web

October 20

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Nonprofit Helps Virginians Pay for Education, Begin New Careers

NBC Washington

October 8

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Helping people get back to work: $1K incentives for training. Here’s how it works

WY Daily

October 1

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Getting back to work: Va. non-profit offers job training, $1K awards to the unemployed

ABC 7 - WJLA

September 29

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Non-profit Helping Laid-Off Workers in Virginia

FOX 5 - DC

September 29

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Non-profit retrains out-of-work Virginians to find new jobs

CBS 6 Richmond

September 25

Press Release

First VA Ready Scholars Achieve Rapid Reskilling, Credentials and Jobs

PR Newswire

September 23

Press Release

VA Ready Introduces Bank of America as First Bank to Become Strategic Partner

PR Web

September 17

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Unemployed? New nonprofit aims to get Virginians back to work

WAVY10

September 15

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Training Programs Connect Workforce to In-Demand Jobs

Loudoun Virginia Economic Development

September 14

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Restart Your Career with VA Ready

WINA News Radio

September 9

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Reskilling for a changing economy: A discussion with Glenn Youngkin

McKinsey & Company

September 1

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Nonprofit Helps Virginians Get Back to Work

Cheddar

August 26

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New effort to help Virginia residents get job training

NBC Richmond

August 25

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Camp Announces Partnership, Grants

The Smithfield Times

August 25

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New Effort to Help Virginia Residents Get Job Training

Shore Daily News

August 25

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State program aims to connect, retrain unemployed for workforce

NBC Central VA

August 25

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$1,000 incentive being offered for those who complete Va. community college job training programs

Daily Progress

August 23

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Nonprofit offering $1,000 cash reward for unemployed Virginians who complete job training programs

Richmond Times-Dispatch

August 22

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New effort to help Virginia residents get job training

AP News

August 22

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New effort to help Virginia residents get job training

WTOP News

August 22

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Nonprofit offering $1,000 cash reward for unemployed Virginians who complete job training programs

Danville Register and Bee

August 22

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Danville Community College joins Virginia Ready initiative

Star Tribune

August 12

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‘Virginia Ready Initiative’ gets unemployed workers ready to restart their careers

CBS Richmond

July 28

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Work Talk Podcast Episode 36- The Virginia Ready Initiative

VA Career Works New River Mount Rogers Region

July 20

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VA Ready program retrains unemployed, partners businesses with community colleges

WCYB-TV

July 20

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Shipyard parent company vows to help unemployment effort, train future workers

ABC Hampton

July 17

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Huntington Ingalls partners with Virginia Ready Initiative to train, hire unemployed workers

WVEC-NFK (ABC)

July 16

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The Virginia Ready Initiative: helping unemployed Virginians get back to work

Good Morning Washington WJLA ABC 7

July 7

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1901 Group Partners with VA Ready to Provide Job Training in Lieu of COVID-19; Sonu Singh, Caren Merrick Quoted

Executive Gov

July 2

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Virginia Ready launches new job training program with community colleges, bonuses

Richmond Free Press

July 2

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VA Ready Initiative launches new unemployment program

WFIR-AM

June 30

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Non-Profit Offers Free Workforce Training in Virginia

NBC Washington

June 30

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Carlyle co-CEO launches effort to get unemployed residents in US state back to work

Private Equity News

June 30

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VA Ready aims to help out-of-work Virginians get back into a job

Roanoke Times

June 29

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Nonprofit offers extra $1,000 to unemployed Virginians who get re-trained for a new career

Virginian-Pilot

June 29

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GovCons Partner with Virginia Ready Initiative

Washington Exec

June 29

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Non-Profit Offers Free Workforce Training in Virginia

NB4 Washington

June 29

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Carlyle Co-CEO Launches Effort to Get Unemployed Virginians Back to Work

Wall Street Journal

June 29

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Need a Job? Initiative Emphasizes Training to Help Virginians Find Work

The Zebra

June 29

News Article

Community colleges, businesses partner to get Virginians back to work

Virginia Business

June 29

Press Release

Virginia Ready Initiative Incentivizes Retraining to get Virginians Back to Work

June 29