Jul 1, 2021 | In the News
Amazon is set to hire 1,000 full-time employees ahead of the opening of its 3.8-million square-foot facility in Pflugerville. The Pflugerville Community Development Corporation and the Workforce Solutions Capital Area have organized a webinar alongside the Amazon...
Jul 1, 2021 | In the News
An organization called United Way for Greater Austin studies child care in Central Texas and their records show 64 child care centers in Travis County closed during the pandemic. “All of the centers were struggling and hurting during this pandemic,” said Director...
Jun 25, 2021 | In the News
More than 50,000 people are still out of work in the Austin metro, according to Workforce Solutions Capital Area, an organization dedicated to connecting job seekers to employment. And beginning on Saturday, the $300 weekly federal unemployment benefits will end in...
Jun 25, 2021 | In the News
The Texas Workforce Commission has two Austin-area offices: Workforce Solutions Capital Area and Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area. They offer a variety of resources including thousands of free online job training courses, virtual career-enhancement workshops,...
Jun 25, 2021 | In the News
“This is an environment where employees really have some choice about where they go to work, but it will not be that way forever,” said Tamara Atkinson, CEO of Workforce Solutions – Capital Area. “We are going to see some of these employment shortages close up....
Jun 25, 2021 | In the News
As some employers are struggling to finding willing employees to fill vacancies, pandemic relief money is coming to an end for Texans. On Saturday, hundreds of thousands of Texans will lose the extra $300 a week in pandemic relief benefits. The Federal benefits could...