People looking for St Louis careers and jobs throughout the State of Missouri have received a lot of help as of late.
The Missouri Department of Economic Development recently released “Competing in the 21st Century: Building the Workforce To Lead Missouri’s Economic Transformation,” a report that details significant achievements in the state’s workforce development system during the last year.
According to the report, Missouri Career Centers provided services to 398,092 residents from July 1, 2008, to June 30 of this year, which is a 70 percent increase from the previous year. About 243 companies were able to provide training assistance to 32,468 workers through the Missouri Customized Training Program. Those workers earned an average of $19.50 per hour.