WorkForce Central Executive Board announces interim CEO appointment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: CANDICE RUUD, 253.213.2960 TACOMA, Wash. – With CEO Linda Nguyen set to retire at the end of 2019, a longtime Pierce County leader will soon take the helm as [...]
Pierce County Council Budgets $300,000 for Construction Pre-Apprenticeship Program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: CANDICE RUUD, 253.213.2960 TACOMA, Wash. – Budget season has come to a close, and we want to thank our partners at the Pierce County Council: As part of its first [...]
New leadership coming to the Washington Workforce Association in 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: CANDICE RUUD, 253.213.2960 A change in several leadership roles is coming to the Washington Workforce Association (WWA) in the new year. Outgoing WWA Chair Linda [...]
New scholarships coming to Pierce County for young adults interested in the trades
CONTACT: CANDICE RUUD, 253.213.2960 PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. – WorkForce Central is teaming up with Palmer Scholars to offer mentorship and scholarships to young adults who want to pursue [...]
Pierce County Library locations countywide will now be home to WorkSource services
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: CANDICE RUUD, WorkSource Pierce, 253.213.2960 MARY GETCHELL, Pierce County Library System, 253.548.3428 PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. – Pierce County residents will soon [...]
WorkForce Central and partners win $1.75M grant to lift families out of poverty in 98404
CONTACT: CANDICE RUUD, 253.213.2960 TACOMA, Wash. – WorkForce Central and a large group of community partners have won a $1.75 million grant aimed at lifting 250 households out of poverty on [...]
WorkForce Central awards Dislocated Worker program contract
CONTACT: CANDICE RUUD, 253.213.2960 TACOMA, Wash. – WorkForce Central, on behalf of the Pierce County Workforce Development Council, has awarded a contract to Career TEAM to provide services to [...]
Pierce County WorkSource sites earn three awards for innovation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: CANDICE RUUD, 253.213.2960 TACOMA, WA – Pierce County’s WorkSource sites won three significant awards at the Washington state chapter of the International [...]
