PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL ON JOBS AND COMPETIVENESS
To jump start job creation across the nation, the president’s Council on Jobs and Competiveness is recommending five policy initiatives. They are the following:
1) Accelerated investment in infrastructure and energy projects.
2) Program to support entrepreneurship and help young, fast growing firms.
3) A national initiative to boost foreign investment in the
4) Simplified regulatory reviews and streamlined project approvals.
5) Training and skills development programs created with the private sector.
THE STRABUCKS JOBS INITIATIVE
Starbucks, the global coffee chain retailer, is helping launch a nationwide fund designed to stimulate
The fund, called the “Create Jobs for
Foundation.
Starbucks CEO, Howard Schultz, called small business an “engine for job growth that has stalled” and that to get it moving “small entrepreneurs must have access to credit so they can hire again.”
Schultz said that a $5.00 donation to “Create Jobs for
PATHWAYS OUT OF POVERTY TEAM MEETS LABOR SECRETARY
 Vamadu Sheriff Better Family Life Inc, Division Manager Workforce Development congratulated by Secretary Solas at her office. |
 ARRA Conference Contest winners are welcomed by U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solas (center), (from left) Jenne Miles, Director Mohave County Workforce Connections, BFL's Vamadu Sheriff, Kirsten Hall Workforce Project Manager Arizona Commerce Authority, Secretary Solas, BFL's Kevin Nicholson, Rosalyn Boxer VP Arizona Commerce Authority, Carlton Jones BFL Employment Developer. |
 Kevin Nicholson Business Liason, POP Team Leader is congratulated by Secretary Solas at her office. |
President Obama’s Labor Secretary, Hilda Solis, center, poses with the video and power point presentation winners in her office and congratulates team members for their winning entries at the recent ARRA Conference held in Washington, D.C. Better Family Life, Inc.’s Pathways Out of Poverty team won the conference vote for Best Power Point Success Story and the Arizona Commerce Authority’s team won for Best Video Success Story. (Photos taken by Gary Fabiano, Department of Labor, Office of Public Affairs).
LABOR DAY GREEN JOBS SYMPOSIUM FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS
By Carlton Jones, Employment Developer, Better Family Life, Inc.
Better Family Life Inc., Pathways Out of Poverty and the
Several dozen elected officials, business people, union staffers and community activists participated in this event that included remarks from Congressman William Lacy Clay, two panels discussing workforce development and job creation issues, followed by luncheon speaker, Michael Jones, Senior Policy Advisor to County Executive Charlie Dooley, presentation about the Aerotropolis project and “Why 20,000 Jobs Matter.”
LIGHTING SPECIALIST ADVANCES ENERGY-SAVING CAREER
Reprinted with permission from St.Louis at Work, a 24-Hour Snapshot, published by the St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association
When Adrienne Green was laid off from her job at an electrical supplier and couldn't land a new job in the recession, she began a journey that would offer unforeseen opportunities.
Green, 36, of St. Louis had started to learn more about energy-efficient lighting before she was laid off in March 2009 from recession-battered Crescent Electric Supply. She had attended a lighting training course at General Electric in Ohio, and she enjoyed the course. But when her job evaporated, Green didn't give the idea of energy efficiency much more thought because she was too busy job hunting and trying to provide for her five children.
OBAMS SIGNS EXECUTIVE DIVERSITY ORDER
President Obama has signed an executive order directing federal officials to design and implement a government-wide strategy for making the federal government workforce more diverse. The executive three-page-order directs the head of the Office of Personnel Management, a deputy director at the Office of Management and Budget, the president’s management Council and the chairman of the Equal Employment opportunity Commission to develop the strategy within 90 days. The order was signed August 19, 2011. After the 90 days, the agencies will then have 120 days to work the plan into their hiring and recruiting.
