{"id":27516,"date":"2014-09-12T16:08:37","date_gmt":"2014-09-13T02:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=27516"},"modified":"2021-10-26T13:29:54","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T23:29:54","slug":"hawaii-cc-offering-free-workforce-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/09\/12\/hawaii-cc-offering-free-workforce-training\/","title":{"rendered":"<span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> offering free workforce training"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_27507\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27507\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/hawaiicc-ican.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"302\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/hawaiicc-ican.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/hawaiicc-ican-260x126.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Recent National Career Readiness Certificate recipients<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hawaii.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Community College<\/a> and the State of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/labor.hawaii.gov\/wdd\/\">Workforce Development Division<\/a> continue to collaborate in offering free Individualized Career Achievement Network (<abbr>iCAN<\/abbr>) workshops in Waimea, P&#257;hala and Hilo. Designed for anyone interested in improving their reading, writing, math and workplace skills, the <abbr>iCAN<\/abbr> workshops are a fast-paced way for employees and job seekers to improve their employability skills.<\/p>\n<p>Open to anyone over 18 at no charge, whether or not they have a high school diploma, these self-paced <abbr>iCAN<\/abbr> workshops prepare students for the workforce as they pursue a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.act.org\/products\/workforce-act-national-career-readiness-certificate\/\">National Career Readiness Certificate<\/a> (<abbr>NCRC<\/abbr>).<\/p>\n<p><abbr>NCRC<\/abbr> has been recognized as the most effective strategy for certifying workplace skills and predicting workplace success. &ldquo;I am really enjoying all of it. The teachers are great!&rdquo; said <abbr>iCAN<\/abbr> trainee Angel K. &ldquo;I am looking forward to taking the <abbr>NCRC<\/abbr> exam.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Classes are continuously being held in Hilo, P&#257;hala and Waimea with ongoing enrollment in each program. &ldquo;You can join anytime at any one of our locations island-wide,&rdquo; said Program Coordinator Carolina Sborja.<\/p>\n<p>These workshops are made available through a grant awarded under the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doleta.gov\/taaccct\/\">Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training<\/a> Grants (<abbr>C3T<\/abbr>). These industry-focused, employer-driven programs are designed to increase college completion rates and provide job opportunities to the <abbr>C3T<\/abbr> participants.<\/p>\n<p>Call (808) 934-2700 or via email at <a href=\"mailto:csborja@hawaii.edu\">csborja@hawaii.edu<\/a> for <abbr>iCAN<\/abbr> program information.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/article.php?aId=6726\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Community College news release<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<h2>More on iCAN<\/h2>\n<p><strong>VIDEO:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/02\/05\/ican-prepares-students-for-college-and-careers\/\"><em>iCAN prepares students for college and careers<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free iCAN workshops at <abbr>HCC<\/abbr> help students improve reading, writing, math and workplace skills<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[61,603],"class_list":["post-27516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-workforce-development","entry","no-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27516"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150570,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27516\/revisions\/150570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}