Worksystems Inc. will use the money to launch a training program designed to prepare 1,000 Rose City residents for careers in IT and advanced manufacturing.
Worksystems Inc. will use the money to launch a training program designed to prepare 1,000 Rose City residents for careers in IT and advanced manufacturing.
Reboot Northwest is one of 23 projects awarded a total $170 million in funding nationwide.
“It’s really sort of a metaphor for rebooting the careers of people who are suffering long-term unemployment and veterans,” said Andrew McGough, Worksystems’ executive director.
The idea is to target occupations that employers often say they have difficulty filling with local talent, McGough said. The list includes engineers, engineering technicians, machinists, computer programmers, software engineers, support specialists and network and system administrators.
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