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| December 9, 2010 | Bay Area Layoff Notices Fall Nearly 60 Percent from 2009 The Bay Citizen |
| Referenced: Kathy Puryear, Employment Training Program Coordinator; Steve Levy, Workforce Board Member | |
| After three years of economic hemorrhaging in the Bay Area, the number of layoffs at large firms here fell by nearly 60 percent in 2010. |
| October 24, 2010 | Unemployment Benefits: The 99ers 60 Minutes |
| Referenced: Job seekers | |
| Even after an extension of unemployment bengits to 99 weeks, many of those about to go off the program are in a quandry. Scott Pelley talks to some of the in Silicon Valley. [Video] | |
| October 24, 2010 | Jobless: Saratoga man gets help from support group San Francisco Chronicle |
| Referenced: ProMatch | |
| Networking groups help Saratoga man find a job. |
| September 27, 2010 | Out of work? Thinking of a Web career? Here's money for training. San Francisco Chronicle |
| Referenced: NOVA; CONNECT! Job Seeker Center; Lisa Rijhwani, NOVA Program Supervisor | |
| Search engine optimization is one of the new sills needed by designers, marketers, Web page owners and builders. | |
| September 17, 2010 | Silicon Valley jobless rate drops in August San Jose Mercury News |
| Referenced: NOVA; CONNECT! Job Seeker Center; Kathy Puryear, Employment Training Program Coordinator | |
Looking a bit like a diamond in the recessionary rough, Silicon Valley's unemployment rate continued to inch down in August |
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| September 17, 2010 | Job search struggles take emotional toll ABC7 News |
| Referenced: CONNECT! Job Seeker Center | |
More Californians found themselves out of work on Friday. The state's jobless rate increased to 12.4 percent last month, up from 12.3 percent in July. |
| August 18, 2010 | NOVA invests in disadvantaged youth Milpitas Post |
| Referenced: NOVA Youth; NOVA Summer Youth Employment Program; Sarah Randle, NOVA Staff | |
Forty-one Milpitas youth participated in NOVA's Summer Youth Employment program. |
| July 15, 2010 | Summer jobs with substance Mountain View Voice |
| Referenced: NOVA Youth; Brenda Reyes, NOVA Staff; Jennifer Springer, Employment Training Manager | |
Teens earn money, learn skills through NOVA program. |
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| July 1, 2010 | Local solar workforce programs snags $4 million Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal |
| Referenced: NOVA; SolarTech Workforce Innovations Collaborative | |
NOVA partnership receives $4 million competitive statewide grant to train 245 dislocated workers in renewable energy generation. |
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| July 1, 2010 | Press Release: NOVA, SolarTech, partners receive $4 million Green Innovations Challenge Grant NOVA Workforce Board |
| Referenced: NOVA; SolarTech Workforce Innovations Collaborative | |
NOVA partnership receives $4 million competitive statewide grant to train 245 dislocated workers in renewable energy generation. |
| June 29, 2010 | Press Release: $19 Million in Grants Will Achieve Two Key Goals: Offering Training for 3,000 Skilled Jobs in Green Industries, Putting the Unemployed Back to Work California Labor & Workforce Development Agency |
| Referenced: NOVA; SolarTech Workforce Innovations Collaborative | |
NOVA partnership receives $4 million competitive statewide grant to train 245 dislocated workers in renewable energy generation. |
| May 14, 2010 | Single mom struggles, but finds help: Local food bank's heelp is vital, but hard to swallow Mountain View Voice |
| Referenced: NOVA customer; NOVA | |
Local woman's job search and the services that have assisted her. |
| April 29, 2010 | Cassidy: Over 50 and out of work in Silicon Valley San Jose Mercury News |
| Referenced: ProMatch; ProMatch members; Connie Brock, NOVA Staff | |
Silicon Valley job seekers create an internet-based job search community. |
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| April 23, 2010 | Old dogs not only learn but teach new tricks San Francisco Chronicle |
| Referenced: ProMatch; ProMatch members; Jeanette Langdell, Employment Training Manager; NOVA | |
ProMatch members create an online community geared toward older workers hoping to reinvent themselves. |
| March 17, 2010 | Glitches in Microsoft's California vouchers San Francisco Chronicle |
| Referenced: Kris Stadelman, NOVA Director; NOVA | |
Distribution issues with the Elevate America vouchers. |
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| March 11, 2010 | Restart: Battling record unemployment, Silicon Valley professionals adjust to a new economic landscape MetroActive |
| Referenced: ProMatch; ProMatch members; NOVA | |
Focus on four professionals and their search for reemployment. |
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| March 10, 2010 | Schwarzenegger unveils job training plan in Silicon Valley ABC-7 News |
| Referenced: NOVA; NOVA customers | |
| Governor unveils a partnership with Microsoft's Mountain View office to offer job training to Californians. |
| February 4, 2010 | Cisco to hire new employees in the coming months Mercury News |
| Referenced: NOVA; NOVA customers | |
There was good news for the Silicon Valley and perhaps the rest of the country. [Video] |
| January 8, 2010 | Another grim U.S. jobs report - 85,000 lost in December Mercury News |
| Referenced: Kris Stadelman, NOVA Director | |
Job losses continue despite hopes for economic improvement and steady unemployment rates. |
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