Virginia’s Community Colleges are focused on cultivating a skilled workforce that best matches the needs of business. Workforce training at Virginia’s Community Colleges can lead individuals to more than 400 different industry-recognized credentials. Those credentials = jobs.
As the state agency with primary responsibility for coordinating workforce training at the postsecondary to the associate degree level, each community college has a dedicated Workforce Development Services Office to help both individuals and businesses through training and programs.
Career Coaching
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Rural VA Horseshoe Initiative
A campaign to transform Virginia’s rural communities through higher education and 21st century jobs
Great Expectations
Helps Virginia’s foster youth complete high school, gain access to a community college education and transition successfully from the foster care system to living independently
Virginia’s 23 community colleges approach workforce development from a holistic point of view – helping anyone who walks through the doors increase their skill level and find employment, while also working closely with industries in every region to match worker’s skills with Virginia’s in-demand jobs that employers are eager to fill.
The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) is also the administrator of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), services offered in 70 Virginia One-Stop Career Centers across the state. WIOA improves the workforce system, aligns it with regional economies and delivers comprehensive services to eligible workers, job seekers and employers. Rapid Response is a program of coordinated services for businesses and employees facing layoffs.
Last year, colleges provided more than 66,000 individuals with workforce related training and helped over 13,000 businesses strengthen their workforce.
Virginia’s Community Colleges are focused on cultivating a skilled workforce that best matches the needs of business.
Workforce training at Virginia’s Community Colleges can lead individuals to more than 400 different industry-recognized credentials. Those credentials = jobs.
As the state agency with primary responsibility for coordinating workforce training at the postsecondary to the associate degree level, each community college has a dedicated Workforce Development Services Office to help both individuals and businesses through training and programs.