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February’s Marin Hiring Event

February’s Marin Hiring Event

Are you looking for work in Early Childhood Education? If so, please join us at the CareerPoint February Hiring Event with Childcare Staffing Hiring for Preschool Teacher and Assistant Teacher positions! Date: Thursday, February 9th Time: 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m....

February’s Napa Hiring Event

February’s Napa Hiring Event

CareerPoint Napa Present: Monthly Hiring Events: February's Highlighted Businesses ChildStart, RoadSafe Traffic Systems, & Department of Rehabilitation Thursday, February 23rd, 2023 from 3 PM to 4:30 PM at CareerPoint Napa, 1546 1st ST. Napa, CA 94559 - Second...

Fresh Starts Culinary Academy

Fresh Starts Culinary Academy

Fresh Starts Culinary Academy is Homeward Bound’s flagship job-training program, serving low-income students from the community as well as Homeward Bound residents. Students work hands-on in our kitchen to learn core skills for a career in the busy culinary industry!...

Construction Trades Program

Construction Trades Program

MARIN CITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ENROLLMENT IS NOW OPEN! Start your new career today! Construction Trades Program January 16, 2023 - March 30, 2023 MUST REGISTER BY 1/11/2023! Train with us and start a prosperous and stable career in the construction...

North Bay TIP: An Apprenticeship Readiness Program

North Bay TIP: An Apprenticeship Readiness Program

Find a Rewarding Career in the Building and Construction Trades. Tuition-Free! North Bay TIP is a Certificated Apprenticeship Readiness Program that will introduce you to apprenticeship in the many "Building and Construction Trades." This program will allow you to...

2022 Network One-Stop / CareerPoint North Bay MOU

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) requires that a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) be developed and executed between the Local Board and the America’s Job Center of California℠ (AJCC) partners to establish an agreement concerning the operations of...

Join the Marin/Napa Ecology Corps

Join the Marin/Napa Ecology Corps

APPLY BY JULY 15: The Marin/Napa Ecology Corps will help empower our future workforce with job readiness skills in a fun, stimulating and educational environment! In conjunction with Conservation Corps North Bay (CCNB), eligible young adults between the ages of 18-24...

Regional / Local Strategic Plan PY 2021-24

We are pleased to announce the release of our Workforce Alliance Local Strategic Plan PY 2021-24. 30-day Public Comment Period opens April 23, 2021. If you have comments regarding Workforce Alliance Local Strategic Plan 2021-2024, please submit directly...

CareerPoint MARIN Closed

In order to implement actions to slow the spread of COVID-19 the Marin County Department of Health and Human Services, with the support of the Workforce Alliance of the North Bay, has elected to cancel all CareerPoint MARIN workshops, onsite recruitments and meetings...

CareerPoint Napa Hospitality Career Expo

HOSPITALITY CAREER EXPO Tuesday, March 3rd 9 AM - 1 PM EVENT LOCATION: 2751 Napa Valley Corporate Dr. Napa, CA 94558 - Building A PHONE: (707) 253-4134 30 Employers! Entry - Executive level jobs! Hotels, Wineries, Spas, Restaurants, Transportation and more! See the...

Napa's Small Business Recovery Task Force

While the shelter-in-home order has likely prevented a surge in COVID-19 cases in Napa hospitals and protected many residents from contracting the coronavirus, it’s also leading to a wave of economic devastation. As conversations about life after lockdown cautiously...

BIZ RESOURCE FAIR Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Save the date! Tuesday, June 25, 2019 8:30 am to 11:30 am Location: CIA Copia in Napa The Workforce Alliance of the North Bay is excited to bring to Napa its first community-wide "Biz Resource Fair" - a 3-hour event for business owners and managers (of all sectors and...

Regional Alliance Launches New Brand & Website

The Workforce Alliance of the North Bay (Alliance) has launched its regional brand and a new website to inform job seekers and businesses about how they can tap into workforce services and benefit from various workforce-related initiatives.

Napa County Economy Faces Gains, Challenges

Ten years after the end of the Great Recession, Napa County is “the star example of how to recover,” after such an economic catastrophe, said economist Rob Eyler.Napa Valley chose to woo visitors with wine, and it worked.“The economy in Napa is screaming,”...

American Canyon Solar Energy Project Breaks Ground

Renewable Properties, an investor and developer of small-scale utility and commercial solar energy projects throughout the U.S., is now constructing the American Canyon Solar Project in Napa County after months of development, planning and preparation. The company...

New Workforce Alliance for Napa, Marin, & Lake Counties

Napa, Marin, and Lake counties have pooled their job-growth efforts to form the Workforce Alliance of the North Bay. The Napa-Lake Workforce Investment Board (napaworkforce.org) is combining with the Employment and Training Branch of Social Services in the county of...

Harnessing the Voice of Industry

This article highlights work in support of sector strategies, performed under the SlingShot grant awarded to WANB and our partners in the Northern California Career Pathways Alliance: Harnessing the Voice of Industry          

North Bay Trades Introduction Program

This Press-Democrat article highlights the work done through the North Bay Trades Introduction Program, an initiative of WANB and its partners in the North Bay Employment Consortium. Read now: North Bay building trades look to boost ranks, diversify union membership...