One organization that helps people secure and train for Nevada jobs will soon receive a substantial amount of funding.
Nevada JobConnect recently announced that it will get $1.4 million to spend on administration and job training this year. The funding is made up in part by $500,000 from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which will […]

The “green collar” industry is helping to create jobs in Las Vegas and throughout the State of Nevada.
A recent study by the Pew Charitable Trusts found that Nevada’s clean-energy economy increased faster than other sectors between 1998 and 2007. During that time, the state’s clean-energy industries accounted for a 28.8 percent increase in employment to […]

Although the city’s unemployment rate saw a slight decline, more jobs in Reno were lost during April.
The Reno-Sparks area’s unemployment rate decreased from 11.2 to 11 percent during April. This is the first time the area’s unemployment has declined since August 2008, when the unemployment rate decreased from 6.7 percent to 6.6 percent. However, at […]

A new state initiative could help create thousands of environmental jobs in Nevada.
Last week, the Assembly Ways and Means Committee passed Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford’s “green jobs” initiative. The effort would allow the State of Nevada to use stimulus funds to train about 3,200 workers to perform weatherization, energy retrofit applications and energy audits.
According […]