Students enrolled at IBEW Local 666's Apprenticeship Program learn how to bend and install electric conduit. (Courtesy of IBEW Local 666) As the demand for electrification grows, companies and ...

Build Virginia, launched by Gov. Ralph Northam last week, will connect workers throughout the Commonwealth with training and employment opportunities in the skilled trades. This effort will initially ...

Virginia is strengthening its teacher workforce: vacancies have fallen 35.9% since 2023 and teacher pay has increased across ...

Virginia’s workforce development got a boost Wednesday with the announcement of $1.3 million in funding opportunities for training and employment. Employers and career and technical education centers ...

Governor Terry McAuliffe on Wednesday signed executive order 23: The New Virginia Economy Workforce Initiative, which establishes an ambitious new plan to help better prepare Virginian’s for a new and ...

If you don’t know, offshore wind is one of the fastest-growing clean energy sectors in the world — and right here off the Virginia coastline. Wind is the future of clean power for our homes and ...

Homes under construction in Richmond, Va. (Sarah Vogelsong / Virginia Mercury) Virginia launched a workforce housing pilot program this summer aimed at both attracting economic development to the ...

The Virginia Economic Development Partnership‘s Virginia Talent Accelerator Program has been ranked first in Business Facilities‘ ranking of states’ customized workforce training for the third ...

The Virginia Economic Development Partnership‘s Virginia Talent Accelerator Program has been ranked the top workforce training program in the nation by Area Development magazine. Area Development is ...

Virginia’s community colleges are national leaders in workforce development programs and are focused on the needs of Virginia businesses. The State Board for Community Colleges is building on that ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WDBJ/Governor’s Office Release) - Governor Ralph Northam has announced an allocation of more than $11.1 million in Growth and Opportunity for Virginia (GO Virginia) grants to help ...