CareerEdge News

CareerEdge - Chase to work with CareerEdge

CareerEdge - CareerEdge, a nonprofit work force development and employee training organization, raised $165,000 in the fourth quarter.

Manufacturing - Maria Garcia learned drafting and precision machining at MTI in Bradenton. She now holds her first full-time machining job at Innovative Products located in St. Petersburg

Manufacturing - Skilled jobs in manufacturing that could boost the middle class are making a comeback across the country, and this region is embarking on a plan to train people for them.

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CareerEdge - Car program aimed at low-income workers

CareerEdge - CareerEdge Announces New Affordable Car Purchase Program for Low-Income Workers

Bridges to Careers - North Port resident Carlo Gambino has always dreamed of having a job in the video game industry. Now, thanks to the CareerEdge Bridges to Careers program that just wrapped up its first class in North Port, he is one step closer to that opportunity.

Bridges to Careers - MANATEE/SARASOTA, FL (October 9, 2012) CareerEdge Funders Collaborative will graduate 14 local residents of North Port from their Bridges to Careers program this Friday, October 12th at 11:00am.

Manufacturing - New England Machinery has been hiring for some time now

Manufacturing - More than two-thirds of the region's manufacturers say there is a major gap in skills between the workers they would like to hire and those who are applying, according to a recently completed survey by CareerEdge Funders Collaborative.

Manufacturing - It doesn't take a rocket scientist to look at this and say we need more manufacturing jobs," said Peter Straw, executive director of the Sarasota Manatee Manufacturers Association. "And the trend will only continue."

Manufacturing - The Sarasota-Manatee economy is better positioned to create jobs in the coming years than three-quarters of the 100 biggest U.S. metropolitan areas, a new study concludes.

Manufacturing - What if there where lots of open positions, just not the educated workers to fill them?

CareerEdge - Sarasota County commissioners found a way this week to give an extra $100,000 to an area organization that specializes in training and growing the local workforce.

CareerEdge - In 2009, with unemployment in the Manatee-Sarasota region climbing toward 13%, Miami-based John S. and James L. Knight Foundation gave $1 million toward creating a privately funded workforce-development agency called CareerEdge.

CareerEdge - In 2009, with unemployment in the Manatee-Sarasota region climbing toward 13%, Miami-based John S. and James L. Knight Foundation gave $1 million toward creating a privately funded workforce-development agency called CareerEdge.

CareerEdge - An independent analysis of the CareerEdge Funders Collaborative found the nonprofit workforce-development program is producing millions of dollars in new wages and economic impact for the Manatee-Sarasota region.

Manufacturing - Manufacturers have chance to order up ideal employees

Manufacturing - Friday's unemployment report underscores the rising star of Manatee County's economic development - manufacturing. With a 3.1 percent growth rate in that sector of the job market, Manatee topped the overall statewide number

Manatee and Sarasota Counties - CareerEdge Survey Aims to Identify Jobs, Skills That Local Companies Need to Grow

News - Independent Evaluation Shows That Regional Workforce-Development Program Could Be High-Impact, Cost-Effective Model for Rest of State

News - An independent analysis of the CareerEdge Funders Collaborative finds that the nonprofit workforce-development program is producing millions of dollars in new wages and economic impact for the Manatee-Sarasota region.

Mentors - Mentoring Partnership between Senior Friendship Centers RSVP Program and CareerEdge Funders a Win-Win for Senior Volunteers New Job seekers

Healthcare - Health Firm Moves To Sarasota From Venice

Biz941 - CareerEdge is training employees for 10 local companies.

Healthcare - Big hospital chain to employ up to 300 in Sarasota billing center

Bridges to Careers - his month's tip is an exciting parent opportunity to Expand Economic Opportunity in Florida's Manatee-Sarasota Region

News - The recent economic recession and equally anemic recovery have dramatically changed the job outlook for low-wage workers and disadvantaged youth in America. In addition, the Great Recession has accelerated the long-term trend toward requiring workers to have a higher skill set to obtain jobs that pay family-supporting wages.

CareerEdge - CareerEdge Funders, a southwest Florida workforce organization that helps local businesses find and train skilled employees

Manufacturing - A local program thats helped hundreds of health care workers earn raises through advanced training will now try its hand at manufacturing

CareerEdge - What set CareerEdge apart besides this diverse group of funders was its dual focus on employers and employees

Manufacturing - CareerEdge has $400,000 to distribute, and it is is accepting applications from employers for grants and support. Eavey's deadline is Feb. 10.

Her goal for 2012 is to direct a substantial amount of money into

CareerEdge - The reach and impact of the National Fund continues to grow, according to the finding of the Third Annual Evaluation Report.

CareerEdge - Bradenton Central Community Redevelopment Agency Wins Redevelopment Award

CareerEdge - Money-managing class for students


The Manatee Chamber of Commerce, with the Manatee Community Federal Credit Union, is helping educate local high school students about money management with a program called the Big Bank Theory.

CareerEdge - When Mireya Eavey was with Sarasota County's Economic Development Corp. a few years ago, employers looking to move here would typically ask if the region had enough of the skilled workers they would need

CareerEdge - Meet Mireya Eavey, executive director of CareerEdge. When Mireya Eavey was with Sarasota County's Economic Development Corp. a few years ago, employers looking to move there would typically ask if the region had enough of the skilled workers they would need. Nine out of 10 times, Eavey says, the answer was no.

CareerEdge - Sarasota and Manatee counties erased 46,000 jobs in the economic recession that began in 2007, according to newly compiled federal data.

CareerEdge - CareerEdge Puts Unemployed to Work with Bridges to Careers

70% of First Workforce Training Class Has Secured Employment Prior to Graduation

Bradenton - The training has led 159 individuals to receive jobs with local manufacturers. An additional 177 local jobs were saved, as employees received skills training required to stay in their positions. Eighty-four workers have received promotions or wage increases.

Gulf Coast Business Review - In Tough Economy, CareerEdge Charts 159 New Jobs, 84 Worker Raises

Six-month Data Show Workforce Funders Collaborative
Exceeds Full-Year Targets in Workers Trained, Jobs Created

Bradenton - CareerEdge Executive Director Mireya Eavey, with Michelle Callan, PGT's university manager, distributer education. The company, a windows and doors manufacturer in North Venice, is pleased with the employee-training programs offered by the Bradenton-based nonprofit.

Sarasota FL - Funds to assist local employers find and train employees, fill higher-paying skilled positions

CareerEdge, an organization that helps local businesses find and train skilled employees, announced it has been awarded a $75,000 grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation.

Sarasota, Fla. - Local nonprofit partners with Tervis to provide testing to place 70 new workers, train current employees for career advancement

Sarasota, Fla. - Local nonprofit partners with State College of Florida and PGT to place 150 new workers by June

Bradenton, FL - A new service being launched by CareerEdge will help build new careers for healthcare workers in Manatee and Sarasota counties.

Bradenton - Careeredge Funders Collaborative Receives Elevate America Community Initiative Grant From Microsoft

Grant Will Fund Program To Help Underserved Populations in Sarasota and Manatee Counties Find Jobs

Bradenton.com - Manatee, Sarasota hospitals working with CareerEdge Funders to close the gap in nursing shortages.

Manatee County - CareerEdge Funders Collaborative announces new healthcare workforce grants totaling $289,619 over the next 12- months to five healthcare organizations in Manatee and Sarasota Counties.

Manatee-Sarasota - Manatee and Sarasota County will become the nation's newest National Fund for Workforce Solutions site, thanks to work by CareerEdge Funders Collaborative of Manatee

Bradenton-Sarasota - A new workforce collaborative announced the injection of more than $1.5 million in funding commitments to help move low-income workers in Manatee and Sarasota counties into higher paying jobs.

Lakewood Ranch, Florida - LAKEWOOD RANCH - A local workforce organization hopes to receive $450,000 for worker education and training during the next three years.

Bradenton, Florida - Representatives from the National Fund for Workforce Solution will visit the two-county region of their latest branch in Manatee and Sarasota counties on Aug. 4, a final step for the Manatee Sarasota Workforce Funders Collaborative gaining a national designation.

Manatee-Sarasota - Mireya C. Eavey has been hired as the new director for the Manatee-Sarasota Workforce Funders Collaborative, a group made up of public, corporate and private-philanthropic contributors dedicated to preparing low-skilled workers in the two-county region for higher paying jobs.

Bradenton Florida - The Manatee Sarasota Workforce Funders Collaborative

Bradenton, Florida - A new work force collaborative in Manatee and Sarasota counties has received a $1 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and additional funding to launch programs.

Manatee-Sarasota - New Regional Workforce Collaborative Secures Over $1.5 Million in Funding Commitments to Help Move Lower Income Workers into Higher Paying Jobs

Knight Foundation Announces Major Commitment

Two-county Team to Launch Workforce Commitment with Healthcare Training

Bradenton, Florida - Residents of Manatee and Sarasota counties feel the painful effects of the recession daily. It won't surprise many to know that according to the Brookings Institution's Metro Monitor, of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the country, Bradenton-Sarasota is the second-worst-performing in terms of employment, wages, economic output, home prices, and foreclosures (neighboring Tampa is the third worst).