The Tri-County CareerCenter’s veterans services staff arranged a meeting with Eastern Maine Community College to gather more information on the community college’s programs appropriate for the new Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP).  After learning about the programs available to eligible veterans through the Community College system, the veterans services staff facilitated the inclusion of EMCC representatives on the agenda for the Statewide Veterans Team meeting in Augusta. That meeting will be held next week on July 10. At the meeting, EMCC staff will update the entire Veterans Team on the opportunities the Community College System can offer VRAP-eligible veterans.

Rockland CareerCenter staff assisted a new local employer in creating and posting job descriptions for its lobster and seafood processing plant in Tenants Harbor. Altogether, 30 job openings were posted on the Maine Job Bank.

Staff from the Tri-County CareerCenter contacted several towns in Penobscot and Piscataquis counties to identify businesses not being able to open due flooding or washed out roads from the recent severe storms.  Depending on the extent of any closure, some personnel could be eligible for benefits.   

Commissioner Winglass will attend the next session of Governor LePage’s Job Creation Workshop in Sanford on July 10.

 

452 ReEmployment Eligibility Assessment Program (REA) participants attended workshop sessions at Maine CareerCenters during the week of July 2–6. Customers received an Eligibility Review Interview as well as assistance with job search skills, developing an Individual Employment Plan, Registering for Maine’s Job Bank, and recognizing the importance of networking and Labor Market Information.  998 Job referrals were accepted by REA participants during this time and 97 REA participants are newly reemployed!