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| February 4, 2010 | Cisco to hire new employees in the coming months Mercury News |
| Referenced: NOVA; NOVA customers | |
There was good news for the Silicon Valley and perhaps the rest of the country. [Video] |
| January 8, 2010 | Another grim U.S. jobs report - 85,000 lost in December Mercury News |
| Referenced: Kris Stadelman, NOVA Director | |
Job losses continue despite hopes for economic improvement and steady unemployment rates. |
| November 26, 2009 | Gov't retraining programs are helping unemployed KGO-TV abc7 |
| Referenced: Kathie DeHart, NOVA Staff | |
Goverment funded programs are helping the unemployed find new jobs through employment training programs. |
November 19, 2009 November 25, 2009 |
Sunnyvale's unemployment rate nearly doubles compared to last year's Cupertino's unemployment rate higher than last yearMercury News |
| Referenced: Kris Stadelman, NOVA Director | |
Sunnyvale and Cupertino's unemployment rates continue to rise dramatically compared to last year's numbers. |
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| October 19, 2009 | $6M grant for Silicon Valley job help Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal |
| Referenced: NOVA, CONNECT | |
A $6 million grant from the California Employment Development department will help laid-off Silicon Valley workers find jobs. |
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| September 26, 2009 | Navigational aide for job-seekers Mercury News |
| Referenced: Jennifer Cheyer, NOVA Staff | |
For the past 11 years, Jennifer Cheyer has watched the ebb and flow of the job market firsthand. As a career adviser for Nova, the federally funded employment and training agency in Sunnyvale that recently celebrated its 25th anniversary, Cheyer has seen thousands of newly minted job-seekers walk through the door. |
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| September 11, 2009 | 'Wonderful' stories from the job hunt Mercury News |
| Referenced: ProMatch | |
Ken Won has read the many stories about the discouraged and growing ranks of the long-term unemployed. Tales of despair and dejection. But Won has different stories — a whole Web site full. |
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| September 3, 2009 | Pilates teacher follows his passion after layoff from HP Mercury News |
| Referenced: Connie Brock, NOVA Staff | |
Dmitry Yudin had already been through a lot by the time the Big Recession caught up with him at his last software engineering job. So when his boss told him in March that he was being laid off for the second time in five months, he wasn't going to let it crush him. |
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| August 21, 2009 | Silicon Valley Group Helps Older Job Seekers KPIX (CBS 5) |
| Referenced: Bob Withers, NOVA Staff | |
A government-funded job search program in Silicon Valley is helping older job seekers get back in the workforce. ProMatch offers a comprehensive job search strategy, providing everything from peer-support to snacks. |
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| July 31, 2009 | Silicon Valley Jobless Unplug From Tech Wall Street Journal |
| Referenced: Connie Brock, NOVA Staff | |
Jobless workers in Silicon Valley are giving up on the region's dominant technology industry and trying to switch to other fields, as the area's unemployment rate spikes above the national and state average. |
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| July 28, 2009 | 137K Californians to Lose Unemployment Benefits KPIX (CBS 5) |
| Referenced: Kris Stadelman, NOVA Director | |
137,000 Californians who receive unemployment checks will max out on their benefits in the next five months. They were among the first to lose their jobs in the downturn. Len Ramirez reports. |
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| June 12, 2009 | Valley jobs guru offers parting thoughts on workforce, economy as he retires San Jose Mercury News |
| Referenced: Mike Curran, former NOVA Director | |
Calling himself "the reverse of a salmon going upstream," Mike Curran has hit 60 and is retiring after 23 years as director of NOVA, leaving his unofficial post as the Job Guru of Silicon Valley. |
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| May 28, 2009 | NOVA using stimulus funds to foster youth employment San Jose Mercury News |
| Referenced: NOVA Youth Program | |
The North Valley (NOVA) Job Training Consortium will funnel more than $200,000 in federal stimulus funding to 10 schools and nonprofit groups for youth employment, training or leadership development. |
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| May 17, 2009 | Stimulus creates jobs for disadvantaged youths San Francisco Chronicle |
| Referenced: Jennifer Springer, NOVA staff | |
As part of the stimulus bill passed in February, Congress included $1.2 billion for youth employment, primarily a summer jobs program for disadvantaged 14- to 24-year-olds. |
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| May 12, 2009 | NOVA using stimulus funds to foster youth employment Sunnyvale Sun |
| Referenced: Kris Stadelman, NOVA Director | |
The North Valley Job Training Consortium will funnel more than $200,000 in federal stimulus funding to 10 schools and nonprofit groups for youth employment, training or leadership development. |
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| May 9, 2009 | Obama wants to ease rules on aid to jobless San Francisco Chronicle |
| Referenced: Mike Curran, NOVA Director | |
| President Obama said he wants to make it easier for people to collect unemployment benefits while they go to school or retrain for jobs, promising to "lay a new foundation for our economic growth by investing in our citizens." | |
| May 6, 2009 | Experts agree: Building, tapping a network crucial to finding new job San Jose Mercury News |
| Referenced: Connie Brock, NOVA staff | |
It might sound like schoolyard horseplay, but many career counselors say a successful job hunt requires that you get yourself on top of the pile. |
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| April 22, 2009 | The Valley of the Green Giants MetroActive |
| Referenced: Mike Curran, NOVA Director | |
| Thanks to federal stimulus money, a new technology is ready to blossom in the land of high-tech innovation. | |
| April 8, 2009 | Job seekers should update skills, network Milpitas Post |
| Referenced: NOVA, ProMatch | |
| One of the hardest things for me as a county supervisor is to receive the many notices from employers giving us notice of proposed layoffs. | |
| April 1, 2009 | Foothill-DeAnza chancellor tapped for Washington job San Jose Mercury News |
| Referenced: Martha J. Kanter, NOVA Workforce Board member | |
| Martha J. Kanter, the energetic and innovative chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District, has been nominated as undersecretary of education. | |
| March 24, 2009 | San Jose career counselors feel weight of downturn San Jose Mercury News |
| Referenced: Jeanette Langdell, Employment Training Manager | |
| Lidia Doniz scans the weary faces around her table, each one a cameo from the docudrama of America's pink-slip pain. Some look scared. | |
| March 19, 2009 | Career expert offers tough but practical advice to job seekers San Jose Mercury News |
| Referenced: NOVA, ProMatch | |
| Career and job hunt expert Marty Nemko recently gave a crowd of job seekers a stinging dose of the reality he sees in the Bay Area labor market. | |
| March 19, 2009 | City hires new NOVA director San Jose Mercury News |
| Referenced: Kris Stadelman, incoming NOVA director | |
| The city of Sunnyvale has named Kris Stadelman as the new director of the North Valley Workforce Board. Stadelman comes to NOVA after nine years as the chief executive officer for the Workforce Development Council of Seattle – King County, Wash. | |
| March 12, 2009 | Sunnyvale names new director at NOVA Workforce Board City of Sunnyvale press release |
| Referenced: Kris Stadelman, incoming NOVA director | |
| The City of Sunnyvale has named Kris Stadelman the new director for the North Valley (NOVA) Workforce Board. Stadelman comes to NOVA after nine years as the chief executive officer for the Workforce Development Council of Seattle – King County, Wash. | |
| February 17, 2009 | Silicon Valley's next challenge: Retraining San Francisco Chronicle |
Referenced: Mike Curran, NOVA director |
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Green industry might help pull Silicon Valley out of this recession, but the region faces the challenge of retraining adult workers, according to a new report from local civic leaders. |
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| January 29, 2009 | O'Brien: Expect the layoff picture to grow darker |
Referenced: Mike Curran, NOVA director |
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Layoffs have once again become a daily staple of Silicon Valley life. We had it good here, for a while. |
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| January 26, 2009 | |
Referenced: NOVA |
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Two and sometimes three times a week a lucky 200 people come to Sunnyvale's ProMatch, a job placement service for tech workers run through the EDD and NOVA Workforce Board. |
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| January 26, 2009 | Tech slump's ripples hit both capital, Capitol |
Referenced: NOVA |
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In better times in Silicon Valley, a job offer like this would have been dismissed as a joke: two months' work, walking door to door |
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| January 23, 2009 | Unemployed seek to improve job skills |
Referenced: NOVA |
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1.7 million people in California were looking for work in December. Almost one out of every 10 Californians is out of work. And of course, all of these job losses mean a lot of people -- people who are used to working for a paycheck -- are being forced to ask for help. |
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| January 9, 2009 | NOVA Business Services: Helping manage workforce restructuring |
Referenced: NOVA |
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Many local businesses are scaling back their workforces during these challenging economic times. To help avert layoffs and ease reductions, NOVA and the California Employment Development Department (EDD) provide career transition services at no cost to either business or employee. |
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| December 15, 2008 | 'Solar' students prepare for bright future |
Referenced: NOVA |
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The stone-gray sky and light drizzle made Misty Albrecht's job a lot harder. She poked the probes of her handheld voltage meter into a mockup of an off-grid solar system, jotting down the miniscule readings and racing to complete her final exam as instructor Matt Welch looked on. |
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| November 7, 2008 | Meet Mike Curran |
Referenced: Mike Curran, NOVA director |
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Mike Curran has spent a lifetime in workforce development, so he knows a few things about the world of employment, but |
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| October 24, 2008 | Need help connecting with employers? |
Referenced: NOVA |
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The CONNECT! Job Seeker Center, located just a block from City Hall, is a great resource available at no cost to residents and businesses. CONNECT! is a collaborative of over 30 organizations dedicated to serving the region’s workforce, supported primarily by NOVA (the City of Sunnyvale’s Department of Employment Development) and the California Employment Development Department (EDD). |
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| October 24, 2008 | Local efforts to manage anticipated workforce crisis |
Referenced: NOVA |
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NOVA, the City of Sunnyvale’s Department of Employment Development, which is dedicated to serving job seekers and employers throughout northern Santa Clara County, is leading efforts to proactively manage what promises to be the beginning of an emerging workforce crisis within Silicon Valley. |
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| July 25, 2008 | Proven People: A proven resource for the community |
Referenced: NOVA |
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Proven People is a unique service that provides you with a connection to experienced, job-seeking individuals within Santa Clara County. Co-administered by NOVA and the City of Sunnyvale, Proven People is a job-matching service for workers aged 50 and older. |
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| April 8, 2008 | Cuts at job training agency mean more focus on core services |
Referenced: Mike Curran, NOVA director |
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The city of Sunnyvale's Department of Employment Development took a big hit on April 1.The Sunnyvale City Council approved the permanent elimination of 25 jobs at the North Valley Job Training Consortium, 18 of which are currently filled, to achieve a $1 million cut in the department's budget. |
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| April 4, 2008 | Groundhog Job Shadow Day: Preparing tomorrow's workforce |
Referenced: NOVA youth programs |
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On February 1, the City of Sunnyvale’s Department of Employment Development (NOVA) co-sponsored the 11th annual Groundhog Job Shadow Day in partnership with Junior Achievement of Silicon Valley & Monterey Bay. |
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| April 4, 2008 | Note to Teens: Start your summer job search now |
Referenced: NOVA youth programs |
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Flowers are blooming, the sun is shining, teens’ thoughts turn to spring break and… summer jobs. At least that’s the message the NOVA Youth Employment Program wants to get out to local teenagers. Wait until June when school’s out and you’ll be out of luck. |
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| March 28, 2008 | Silicon Valley braces for H-1B visa lottery |
Referenced: Mike Curran, NOVA director |
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A high-stakes lottery kicks off that only immigrants can win. The prize is an H1-B visa that allows them to stay and work in the U.S., and there's no place where the stakes are higher than Silicon Valley. |
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| March 21, 2008 | State provides $500,000 to help tech workers who've lost their jobs |
Referenced: NOVA |
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The state Employment Development Department said it gave a $500,000 grant to help Silicon Valley people who have recently lost their jobs. |
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| March 5, 2008 | Despite cuts, NOVA still helps job seekers |
Referenced: Mike Curran, NOVA director; |
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After announcing several weeks ago that it would shut its doors to job seekers on Fridays to cut costs, the North Valley Job Training Consortium (NOVA) has been hard at work trying to address what director Mike Curran calls "a super-perfect storm." |
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| February 19, 2008 | Report: Midwage jobs vanish in Silicon Valley |
Referenced: Mike Curran, NOVA director |
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While other companies are downsizing, electrical contractor Dirk Swanepoel is looking to boost his eight-person Morgan Hill staff. |
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| February 14, 2008 | Silicon Valley job center goes to four-day week |
Referenced: NOVA |
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An award-winning workforce development organization announced it would close its doors every Friday, through at least June, because of budget constraints. Director Michael Curran said money that normally goes to support NOVA is drying up. |
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| February 13, 2008 | Workforce development program to close doors one day a week |
Referenced: NOVA |
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The North Valley Job Training Consortium workforce development group said it will have to close its doors one day a week because of budget cuts. |
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| February 12, 2008 | Schwarzenegger announces $500,000 grant to Santa Clara County agency for veterans job assistance |
Referenced: NOVA (as North Santa Clara Valley Job Training Consortium) |
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced $6 million in grants to help California veterans with job placement, including $500,000 grants for two organizations in San Francisco and Santa Clara County. |
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| January 27, 2008 | Valley economy: Unofficial indicators show it's cooling — a bit |
Referenced: Mike Curran, NOVA director; |
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For months, the valley's tech economy provided a buffer against the mortgage crisis, credit crunch and stock market volatility. And things are certainly much calmer here than the rest of the country. |
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| January 25, 2008 | Training the Solar Workforce |
Referenced: NOVA |
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The solar technology industry in Silicon Valley is booming. In recent years, California voters passed propositions allocating billions of dollars to clean energy and infrastructure development. This guaranteed funding ensures that these sectors will experience healthy job growth over the coming years. |
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| December 19, 2007 | Job-assistance money welcome, but more needed |
Referenced: NOVA (as North Santa Clara Valley Job Training Consortium) |
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Two local agencies that help laid-off workers in Silicon Valley and San Mateo County received $3 million in grants that they say will help more than 3,000 workers find new jobs but still falls short of their demands. |
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| November 2, 2007 | Colleges get grants to help beef up supply of solar installers |
Referenced: Justin Bradley, NOVA Workforce Board Member; NOVA is involved in developing this training program. |
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The solar-panel market in California already has a demand for workers. Now a group of Silicon Valley leaders is making sure there will be a supply. |
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| October 11, 2007 | UCSC Extension to Receive California Space Authority 2007 SpotBeam Award |
Referenced: NOVA |
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UCSC Extension in Silicon Valley, along with North Valley (NOVA) Workforce Board, will be awarded the 2007 California Space Authority (CSA) Buzz Aldrin Space Education and Workforce SpotBeam Award. |
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| October 5, 2007 | Connections: 2007—Harvesting Talent Sunnyvale Quarterly Report |
Referenced: NOVA |
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In 1991, NOVA—the City of Sunnyvale’s Department of Employment Development—inaugurated a celebration designed to recognize deserving individuals for their outstanding achievements relative to furthering themselves and their career objectives. |
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| July 11, 2007 | NOVA Connects Youth with Jobs |
Referenced: NOVA youth programs |
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NOVA's Youth@Work is a free program linking young people seeking employment opportunities with companies that are hiring throughout Santa Clara County. It provides personalized employment assistance and job listings, as well as an information-rich environment for youth to learn about career options. |
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| June 18, 2007 | Solar center for Silicon Valley |
Referenced: NOVA |
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The Bay Area has long been home to cutting-edge computer technology; the area is fast becoming a hub for solar technology. Giving a boost to the region's solar power entrepreneurs, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group this month launched the SolarCenter for Excellence. |
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| May 25, 2007 | Study highlighting worker shortage worries tech executives Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal |
Quoted: Mike Curran, NOVA Director |
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While senators argue in Washington, D.C., about the fate of mostly low-skilled undocumented immigrants, tech executives in Silicon Valley worry that their need for highly educated engineers will not be met. |
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| May 17, 2007 | High-tech Companies Seek to Hire More Foreign Workers NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS) |
Quoted: Mike Curran, NOVA Director |
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| Citing the lack of qualified domestic candidates, many U.S. technology companies are hiring foreign workers to stay competitive in a global marketplace. The NewsHour reports on the fight to allow more foreign workers into the United States. | |
| April 3, 2007 | California must Prepare Now for Changing Workforce (op-ed) San Jose Mercury News |
Authors: Mike Curran, NOVA director; |
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Two powerful forces—globalization and the coming wave of baby boomer retirements—are transforming the world of work in Silicon Valley and across the nation. In response, California needs a comprehensive workforce investment strategy with the same energy and commitment as we are now devoting to the state’s physical infrastructure. |
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