March 27, 2006 11:07 AM

One-stop career centers in danger?
Posted by Douglas Eisenhartat 11:07 AM

The government-backed, community-based one-stop career centers, which provide critical grass roots career management assistance for tens if not hundreds of thousands of workers nationwide, may be in jeopardy:

. . .The future of those centers is in some doubt. As part of its fiscal year 2007 budget, the Bush administration is proposing $3.4 billion for "career advancement accounts." The initiative would allocate $3,000 in federal training funds directly to workers each year for two years, potentially obviating their need to use one-stop centers.

You can also visit the websites for several one-step centers in the Greater Boston area and the commonwealth. Check out the Mass. Department of Workforce Development for a comprehensive listing of such centers, or go directly to the Boston Career Link for downtown Boston services or to The Career Place, Woburn, for the Metro North area.

(A tip of the hat to Elaine Sullivan of Lee Hecht Harrison for the find.)