Westchester County Business Journal + Year-End Wrap-Up : Education, Training, Placement

Vol. 46, # 48 | December 3, 2007

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Year-End Wrap-Up : Education, Training, Placement


	At colleges, ‘Go team!’ becomes ‘Go green!’ By MARY SUE IAROCCI College campuses across Westchester County and the Hudson Valley are going green, offering classes on the environment and hosting special events to raise awareness. No rest in jobs race Region vies for finance and insurance employment By ALEXANDER SOULE A federally financed labor initiative is scheduled to hold two meetings in Westchester this week to solicit ideas and feedback to prevent the region from suffering a shortage of qualified workers. The Y and the wherewithal Girls and young women grow real-world skills By LYNN WOODS Founded more than a century ago on a mission of social justice, the YWCA today is an important provider of services to the poorer communities in the region. YWCAs now provide day care and after-school programs for working parents; free cancer screenings for women; parenting classes; programs discouraging teen pregnancy; child care services for parents attending family court; and even, in the case of Westchester, 185 affordable-housing units for single women. Beyond the employee handbook Training runs gamut and can forestall lawsuits By BRYAN F. YURCAN Off-site training through videoconferencing or a company intranet became more prevalent in 2007 as the business world has become more globalized, some experts say.

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