The Office of Workforce Strategy (OWS) is a newly created agency, housed, with administrative support, from the Department of Economic and Community Development. The OWS is charged with influencing and operationalizing the statewide strategy for workforce with the support of the Governor’s Workforce Council and related agency and statewide stakeholders. This project is being supported, in whole or in part, by federal award number SLFRP0128 awarded to the State of Connecticut by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the CT Office of Workforce Strategy.
External link for CT Office of Workforce Strategy
450 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut 06106, US
Read our op-ed in the link below! https://lnkd.in/efjycM_2
Did you know that DAS works closely with CT Office of Workforce Strategy to help address the state's long-term workforce challenges? In this op-ed for Route Fifty, DAS's Alice Pritchard and OWS's Kelli-Marie Vallieres outline three innovative and effective strategies we're using: ⭐ Lead With Demand 🏗️ Seek Out Untapped Talent From Within the State 🤝 Don’t Go It Alone Read more⬇️
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Thanks to Kelli Vallieres and Kristina Testa-Buzzee, EdD for the great visit to talk about the CT Office of Workforce Strategy and the industry driven workforce development initiatives. Ensuring a properly trained workforce for the highly skilled jobs today and in the future in partnership with our employers will be key to our state’s success.
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Join us in congratulating the graduates of our Career ConneCT CNC Manufacturing 1 program! 😃 Managers of this program put together toolkits for their participants as a gift. 😁 We are excited to see them take this next step towards employment in their career journey! 😊 #wp #WorkPlaceCT #Theworkplace #growth #career #personaljourney #success #careergoals #middleclassdream #workforcedevelopment
Another month, another employer choosing to expand in Connecticut Congratulations to Home Market Foods on this significant achievement!
🎉 Guess who’s making more meatballs?!?! Home Market Foods has some exciting news to share today! We’ve chosen South Windsor, CT, as the site for our new state-of-the-art meat production facility, which should be up and running in the first half of 2025. We're investing over $70 million to transform it into a state-of-the-art facility, creating 210 new jobs by 2027. Thanks to our amazing team, HMF has experienced remarkable growth in recent years. With our new CT facility, we’ll be able to expand, innovate, and meet strong demand for our delicious products.🍝👏 Congratulations to Doug Atamian & Wes Atamian and the whole HMF team on this exciting new chapter! 👏 We are grateful for the warm welcome from Ned Lamont, Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development, Audrey Delnicki, Town of South Windsor, AdvanceCT, Eversource Energy, and the MetroHartford Alliance. We're excited to contribute to Connecticut’s economy and become part of this vibrant community. 🌟🏭 #HomeMarketFoods #FoodManufacturing #ConvenienceStore #FoodService #RetailFood #Connecticut
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Our entire agency is heartbroken by Andrew DiDomenico’s tragic death. Our sympathies are with his family, friends, and loved ones. More: https://lnkd.in/e3kW57XC
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Action oriented executive - passionate about identifying, facilitating, and cultivating partnerships btw industry leaders, higher education and CBO's to support workforce needs & increase individuals economic mobility.
Glad to join Vallieres, Kelli on a great visit with Bob Duff while in Hartford! Excited to share the great work happening at CT Office of Workforce Strategy to set up industry driven and led workforce development programs.
Thanks for having us over this week, Carol!
Helping State Government & Higher Education Leaders Transform |State of Connecticut |Managing Director at Accenture | Hartford Office Lead
It was wonderful to host clients, community partners and local leaders at the Accenture Hartford office earlier this week. We explored ways to collaborate and create opportunities as we face rapid technology advancements, particularly with #GenerativeAI. With our theme, “Empowering Connecticut: Unlocking Workforce Potential,” we had engaging conversations around skilling, upskilling and training and the actions leaders from the private + public sectors and academic institutions can take to continue growing talent opportunities in Hartford. Our interactive demos brought many of these concepts to life for our clients and partners to explore as they look to the future of their organizations. #WorforceDevelopment #WorkforceoftheFuture #Accenture #Hartford #AI #GenAI #Innovation #Leadership Caroline Boland Laura Zucker Diane Marshall Kaitlyn Kimmel Paige Ballard Walker Amanda Liddick (Koye) Zoey Farooq Kyle Regan Christopher Ackerman Mark Raymond Dr. G. Duncan Harris Vallieres, Kelli Alice Pritchard Dave Baird David Griggs, CEcD, CCE Stephen Nocera Raymond Searles Rakesh Gopalakrishnan Murali Dhanavelu Sunitha Rudramoorthy Craig Gottlieb Tom Keane Victoria Papalian
Today, Chief Workforce Officer Kelli-Marie Vallieres, PhD received Capital Workforce Partners' Ambassador Award! In her remarks, Chief Workforce Office Vallieres highlighted that Connecticut's workforce strategy is all about bringing everyone together, aligning on best practices, filling in the gaps where we see them, and getting traction on our workforce and economy to provide opportunity to everyone and really enhances Connecticut.
Advancing Fairfield County as Tech Hub https://lnkd.in/efiQAJ8J
🎉Congratulations to the Southwest Connecticut Tech Hub on their recent launch!
HELLO, WORLD! Your Next Great Tech Hub Is in Southwest Connecticut! The Southwest Connecticut Tech Hub, led by The Stamford Partnership, is here to connect tech companies with top talent and provide cutting-edge training to power innovation! “Our mission is to build a thriving tech ecosystem in Greater Fairfield County, linking companies with talent and offering training to seize new opportunities,” says Patricia Torres Meyer, Director of the Good Jobs Challenge Program at the Stamford Partnership. In collaboration with The WorkPlace, the Tech Hub is pioneering workforce development and upskilling. From fintech leaders to hospitals to startups, all tech-reliant companies will soon have access to a rich pool of talent. The Southwest Connecticut Tech Hub is the next great tech hub made in Connecticut!