Jobs

While Hartford provides many opportunities for residents, many promising opportunities are not backed by sufficient resources and capacity to make a community-wide impact. Hartford residents are in need of training and employment resources to find job opportunities in a difficult economy. As the job market demands change, it must be understood that it takes time for training funds to reach the field in order to provide specific training needed to meet this demand. In order to ensure a skilled and growing workforce, various goals need to be put at the forefront, including aligning job training with employer needs and emerging jobs, attracting new skilled workers to become residents, and encouraging youth employment placement programs. Access to jobs must also be enhanced, which includes ensuring access to job-funding programs for residents and businesses alike.

Existing Opportunity

• Build upon the sector-based jobs funnel program managed by Capital Workforce Partners (CWP) in cooperation with the building trades. This construction effort can be bolstered by downtown housing construction, school construction, and I-84 reconstruction. Other sector-based opportunities that have been piloted and can be pursued include allied health and advanced manufacturing.
• Support the Metropolitan District Corporation (MDC) jobs program for the sewer-separation project.
• Work with the business community to retain employees and attract new ones. Good examples include The Hartford’s Asylum Hill initiative, Common Ground’s Swift Factory Plan, the Bridges Program (a partnership of Local 1199, Capitol Region Education Council, CWP and Capital Community College) and the incumbent worker training programs of CWP and others.

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