Wednesday August 5, 2009 Contact: Greg Saylor Phone: 802-524-3200 ext 11
Vermont Associates’ challenge and strategy statement was developed at the Windham Foundation’s Vermont Older Worker Policy Summit: The aging of society and correspondingly of the workforce demand that we develop strategies to re-educate and re-train older workers to enable them to enter, re-enter or remain in the workforce (supply side). Likewise, we need to help employers across all industries understand these shifting demographics and to view them not as a vulnerability but as a competitive advantage, a paradigm shift (demand side).
Pat Elmer is the Executive Director of Vermont Associates. “Anyone who is a mature worker, who is looking to retrain or change the work they do, or retirees interested in returning to the workforce, will benefit from the services offered at these Resource Centers”, said Elmer. “They will be able to learn what training resources are available in Vermont, what type of financial aid might be available to finance that training, as well as other services that may help them be successful in re-tooling for a new career.”
Key partners in the Initiative include the Vermont Department of Labor, Department of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living, KnowledgeWave Training, Vermont Country Store, the Agency of Commerce and Community Development, Vermont Business Roundtable, AARP, Vermont Information Technology Center and Champlain College, Vermont Association of Adult Technical Education Coordinators, The Windham Foundation, and the Vermont Workforce Development Council.
“The older worker is a key state workforce asset and this project is targeting disadvantaged, unemployed, incumbent, and retired individuals age 55+”, said Governor Jim Douglas in support of this project. “The strategic partnerships and older worker specialized employment services of this project, focusing on high-growth, high demand jobs, would be a great benefit to Vermont’s employers and older workers and would complement the goals of my statewide Workforce, Economic Development, and Aging Initiatives.”
This project builds on Vermont Associates’ experience in operating older worker programs in Vermont for the past 26 years, including the Senior Community Service Employment Program and the Dislocated Older Worker Demonstration Project.
The ability for Vermont to develop, attract, and retain a well-educated and skilled workforce is a key factor in economic growth. Older workers are a valuable, though often underutilized, labor pool that can meet the workforce needs of the Vermont economy.
For information: Deputy Director Greg Saylor @ 802 524-3200 ext 11.
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KnowledgeWave is excited to announce the launch of Log On To Learn!
Log On To Learn is a subscription based member’s area that brings members our webinar and screencast content – On Demand. You will find educational content and tutorial clips for applications you use every day. This member’s area is updated weekly with fresh new useful content. 
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In addition to webinars and recorded webcasts Log On To Learn will be providing regular short instructional video clips that will target specific subject matter in a direct concise manner. We will continue to improve our member’s area in a way that will allow you to easily find the content you need. No more need for travel, no more need to sit in a full day class to target your goal. Learn what you need, when you need it, Anytime, Anywhere with Log On To Learn.
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KnowledgeWave was represented by Vice President Eric Sokolowski at the Vermont Department of Labor job fair held for former IBM employees. KnowledgeWave has created a special Microsoft OfficeWave package as well as other technical retraining packages targeted to help update computer skills for recently displaced workers of the Essex Junction Vermont chip manufacturer.
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KnowledgeWave Webinars
KnowledgeWave would like to invite you to attend our Webinar for Microsoft Windows Vista Tips and Tricks. This is a no fee webinar. KnowledgeWave is pleased to provide this event at no charge. KnowledgeWave provides over 80+ webinar titles in both open enrollment and closed corporate format. This event is open to the general public and there is no fee. Enroll today and learn from the experts.
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Join KnowledgeWave in welcoming the Microsoft Northeast Roadshow to our South Burlington, Vermont location. The Microsoft Road show will be landing at KnowledgeWave on Tuesday, Septembeer 23rd, 2008. 
It all starts at 8:30 AM. Don’t miss out. Chris Bowen and Jim O’Neil stocked up on munchies, packed in a bunch of giveaways, and are heading out on the open road for their sixth Roadshow! It’s their biggest one yet.
Join Jim and Chris for a free, relaxed day of deep content for developers and architects. Chris and Jim are trying out a different kind of session plan this time. They have added a few extra sessions to this series, including a few topics that fit more comfortably into a smaller amount of time. These “turbo sessions” are a great way to bring a more diverse agenda to you, while staying deep with others.
Product(s): Development Tool Betas, Microsoft Robotics Studio, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Visual C#, Microsoft Visual C++, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition and Windows Server.
Audience(s): Architect and Developer
Duration: 1- Day
Start Date: Tuesday September 23rd, 2008 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Eastern Time
Location: KnowledgeWave Training, South Burlington, Vermont
Fee: FREE!
Dan St. Hilaire, VP of Operations, Gives a tour of KnowledgeWave’s remote classroom instruction facilities. RCI rooms allow us to offer a wide array of training that otherwise wouldn’t be available. For some specialty classes, often the class registrations are too few to cover the cost of a top-notch, highly skilled instructor. In the past, this would have meant we had to cancel the class.
But with RCI, we can run classes that we never could have before. Our run rate for these classes is nearly 100%. Students find them an exceptional experience, because they get the benefits of a live classroom experience, but without the problems of a live class, such as distractions from other students.
