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Seeking work? Here are 8 states trying to get people back on the job

In this The Future of Work Blog: Paths to employment around the country
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New figures from the U.S. Department of Labor show that jobless claims for the week ending August 15 climbed to 1.1 million. That’s an increase of 135,000 from the week before. Economists polled by Dow Jones had predicted a total of 923,000.

WorkingNation is always looking at stories addressing how different parts of the country and different states are trying to get unemployed people back in the workforce.

In this The Future of Work post, here are 8 articles that look at programs and initiatives in 8 more states.

From Alaska: Alaska Native News reports the launch of AlaskaJobs, a comprehensive employment system that will modernize access to employment and training opportunities throughout the state.

From Florida: St. Petersburg College News reports the school has received a Duke Energy Florida workforce grant to prepare minority and women students for careers in the energy field.

From Georgia: Associated Press reports a South Korean mattress and furniture maker is investing millions of dollars and creating 800 jobs in Georgia.

From Maine: Mainebiz reports there has been a large spike in workforce training at the state’s community colleges.

From Nebraska: KNEB reports a community college partners with the state to train and re-train workers impacted by COVID-19.

From North Carolina: The News & Observer reports tech training to fill hundreds of job openings.

From Oregon: East Oregonian reports schools receive grants to help veterans transition into the civilian workforce.

From Utah: Deseret News reports a new online tool helps unemployed Utahans connect to training.

#ICYMI: Check out our past posts on what is happening in individual states:

August 17: Unemployed? Here is how 8 more states are trying to get you back to work
August 10: Looking for work? Here are 8 ways 8 states are trying to help

We’ll keep looking, so check back for more stories from around the country.

Dana Beth Ardi

Executive Committee

Dana Beth Ardi, PhD, Executive Committee, is a thought leader and expert in the fields of executive search, talent management, organizational design, assessment, leadership and coaching. As an innovator in the human capital movement, Ardi creates enhanced value in companies by matching the most sought after talent with the best opportunities. Ardi coaches boards and investors on the art and science of building high caliber management teams. She provides them with the necessary skills to seek out and attract top-level management, to design the ideal organizational architectures and to deploy people against strategy. Ardi unearths the way a business works and the most effective way for people to work in them.

Ardi is an experienced business executive and senior consultant who leverages business organizational transformation through talent strategies. She uses her knowledge and experience to develop talent strategies to enhance revenue and profit contributions. She has a deep expertise in change management and organizational effectiveness and has designed and built high performance cultures. Ardi has significant experience in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, IPO’s and turnarounds.

Ardi is an expert on the multi-generational workforce. She understands the four intersecting generations of workers coming together in contemporary companies, each with their own mindsets, leadership and communications styles, values and motivations. Ardi is sought after to assist companies manage and thrive by bringing the generations together. Her book, Fall of the Alphas: How Beta Leaders Win Through Connection, Collaboration and Influence, will be published by St. Martin’s Press. The book reflects Ardi’s deep expertise in understanding organizations and our changing society. It focuses on building a winning culture, how companies must grow and evolve, and how talent influences and shapes communities of work. This is what she has coined “Corporate Anthropology.” It is a playbook on how modern companies must meet challenges – culturally, globally, digitally, across genders and generations.

Ardi is currently the Managing Director and Founder of Corporate Anthropology Advisors, LLC, a consulting company that provides human capital advisory and innovative solutions to companies building value through people. Corporate Anthropology works with organizations, their cultures, the way they grow and develop, and the people who are responsible for forming their communities of work.

Prior to her position at Corporate Anthropology Advisors, Ardi served as a Partner/Managing Director at the private equity firms CCMP Capital and JPMorgan Partners. She was a partner at Flatiron Partners, a venture capital firm working with early state companies where she pioneered the human capital role within an investment portfolio.

Ardi holds a BS from the State University of New York at Buffalo as well as a Masters degree and PhD from Boston College. She started her career as professor at the Graduate Center at Fordham University in New York.