Job Opening: Workforce Programs Specialist
The Workforce Programs Specialist develops positive long-term relationships with business and industry partners, community agencies, community college, k-12 systems, and other training providers. This position will coordinate and implement the overall strategy for SAWDC [...]
Job Opening: Executive Director of Workforce Development/Southwest Alabama Workforce Development Council
The Southwest Alabama Workforce Development Council (SAWDC) of Alabama works to facilitate the implementation of programs and services that support economic and workforce development in the area. It addresses the workforce needs of new [...]
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Worlds of Opportunity
A project of the Southwest Alabama Workforce Development Council (SAWDC), the SAWDC Worlds of Opportunity is a hands-on career expo for eighth-grade students across Southwest Alabama’s nine-county footprint. The purpose of the event is to expose students to careers available locally and to demonstrate what each career involves through an interactive, engaging series of activities.
Southwest Alabama Partnership for Training and Employment
Southwest Alabama Partnership for Training and Employment (SWAPTE) is a regional partnership of business, education, labor and community leaders and, just like SAWDC Alabama Works, serves Region 7 including Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington and Wilcox counties. A key partner of SAWDC Alabama Works, SWAPTE provides a network of resources that offer comprehensive employment, career counseling and job training services to businesses and job seekers through the one-stop Alabama Career Centers. In particular, SWAPTE is positioned to work with local businesses to leverage their training investment, adding profit back to their bottom line. SWAPTE ‘s On-the-Job Training pays up to 50% of costs to train a company’s eligible new hires from 11 to 26 weeks; while SWAPTE’s Incumbent Worker Training pays up to 50% of a company’s total training costs for existing staff, up to $30,000 maximum per contract. Businesses put up the other 50% and may contribute in-kind contributions as well as cash toward the match.
