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• LOCAL BUSINESSES FACILITATE YES PROGRAM. (Republican Herald) POTTSVILLE, Pa.— Some local businesses say the employability skills of new graduates are steadily decreasing in Schuylkill County, but a new course offered to seniors in five county school districts is working to reverse the trend..Click here for details.

   

• COUNTY SAYS "YES" TO Y.E.S. (Republican Herald) POTTSVILLE, Pa.— Schuylkill County recognized on Friday the first students to complete a curriculum designed to prepare seniors for the working world.  The Your Employment Skills program offers 33-module...Click here for details.

• OMNOVA, PPL GIVE TO Y.E.S.  POTTSVILLE, Pa.— Omnova Solutions’ Foundation and the PPL Corporation recently contributed $7,500 to the new Your Employability Skills Certificate Program...Click here for details.

• SAINT CATHERINE MEDICAL CENTER NAMED Y.E.S. SERVICE PROVIDER POTTSVILLE, Pa.— Saint Catherine Medical Center Fountain Springs has been named as a service provider for the Y.E.S. (Your Employability Skills) Certificate Program...Click here for details.

• PROGRAM HELPS MEETS NEEDS FOR BUSINESSES (Republican Herald) POTTSVILLE, Pa.— Since July 2006, 44 Schuylkill County companies have been visited by representatives from the Pennsylvania Business Retention and Expansion Program...Click here for details.

• PROGRAM PREPS TEENS FOR LIFE OUTSIDE SCHOOL (Republican Herald) POTTSVILLE, Pa.— Jess Saunders, 17, wants to learn the best way to land a good job. Brian Copeland, 18, is seeking advice about being successful in the “real world.”....Click here for details.

   

• SCHOOLS OFFER JOB SKILLS CLASS (Republican Herald)

  POTTSVILLE, Pa.— Pottsville Area and Mahanoy Area high schools have signed on to offer the Your Employability Skills Certificate Program, a workforce readiness program....Click here for details.

• PROGRAM CAN HELP BUSINESSES GROW (Republican Herald)

  POTTSVILLE, Pa.— For the past six years, Schuylkill County has participated in the Business Retention and Expansion Program, a statewide business calling program....Click here for details.

• PROGRAM PREPARES YOUTHS FOR CAREERS (Republican Herald)

  POTTSVILLE, Pa.— Some of Schuylkill County’s business and community leaders are promoting a program to train young adults for the job market....Click here for details.

• Y.E.S. PROGRAM PRESENTED AT PRINCIPALS’ MEETING POTTSVILLE, Pa.—The Y.E.S. (Your Employability Skills) Program, a new initiative focused on addressing the shortfall of qualified job applicants in Schuylkill County, will be on the agenda...Click here for details.

• SEDCO - Spring 2006 - RECENT ECONOMIC AND JOB METRICS IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY - According to data in the 2002 Economic Census, recently released by the U.S. Census...Click here for details.