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 [...]
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 [...]
Check out pictures from the grand opening of our new WorkSource center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: CANDICE RUUD, 253.213.2960 TACOMA, WA – Two WorkSource locations became one in Central Tacoma in December, and in April we celebrated with a grand opening at the [...]
WorkForce Central wins $10,000 grant from State Farm for Pierce County pre-apprenticeship center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: CANDICE RUUD, 253.213.2960 TACOMA, Wash. – Thanks to a grant from State Farm and several contributions from the home building industry, WorkForce Central is $21,000 [...]
Longtime WorkForce Central CEO announces retirement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: CANDICE RUUD, 253.213.2960 TACOMA, Wash. – After 28 years at WorkForce Central, CEO Linda Nguyen announced today that she will retire at the end of the year. Nguyen [...]
New WorkForce Central initiative will help connect more Pierce County residents to education, employment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: CANDICE RUUD, 253.213.2960 TACOMA, Wash. – In Pierce County, too many young adults are falling through the cracks. And too many adults don’t know it’s [...]
WorkForce Central CEO to serve another term on the U.S. Conference of Mayor’s WorkForce Development Council
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: PEYTON WESTMAN, 253.254.7845 Washington, D.C. – Last Friday, WorkForce Central CEO Linda Nguyen was reappointed to the U.S. Conference of Mayor’s (USCM) Workforce [...]
Pierce County’s economy in 2018: Lower unemployment, higher wages, and more growth in healthcare
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: CANDICE RUUD, 253.213.2960 TACOMA, Wash. – 2018 saw another year of solid growth for Pierce County’s economy: Our unemployment rate hovered consistently below [...]
WorkForce Central is closer to building a Pierce County pre-apprenticeship center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: CANDICE RUUD, 253.213.2960 TACOMA, Wash. – Our dream of building a pre-apprenticeship center for all of Pierce County took a leap toward reality this week: [...]
