{"id":89357,"date":"2025-05-10T06:18:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T06:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/89357\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T06:18:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T06:18:17","slug":"alberta-government-investing-millions-in-employment-training-programs-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/89357\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta government investing millions in employment training programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/alberta-legislature.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Alberta government is investing $33 million in training programs to help unemployed and underemployed Albertans gain the skills needed to rejoin the workforce.<\/p>\n<p>Through the Training for Work program, millions has been awarded in new contracts during the 2024-25 fiscal year according to the Alberta government press release.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These programs are providing skills training and employment supports for more than 5,000 Albertans across the province over the next four years.<\/p>\n<p data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Training for Work programs offer skill development and employment services to unemployed Albertans in more than 50 communities across Alberta.<\/p>\n<p data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Some programs offer virtual access to ensure all Albertans can get the training they need to propel their careers into the future.<\/p>\n<p data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\u201cAlberta needs more skilled workers to meet the labour market demands of our growing economy,\u201d said Matt Jones, Minister of Jobs, Economy and Trade.<\/p>\n<p data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\u201cTraining for Work helps unemployed or underemployed Albertans get the skills and support they need to get back into the workforce or upskill into new roles, while also assisting Alberta\u2019s employers in filling high-demand positions with job-ready workers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">New training programs and services are available in Calgary, Edmonton, Medicine Hat, Red Deer, Brooks, Airdrie, Fort McMurray, Lloydminster, Leduc, Grande Prairie, Camrose, Wetaskiwin and more due to these investments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Alberta government is investing $33 million in training programs to help unemployed and underemployed Albertans gain the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3092],"tags":[6934,42228,51,943,42229,22982,42227,42226,897,9440,16,15,42475],"class_list":{"0":"post-89357","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jobs","8":"tag-alberta","9":"tag-alberta-radio","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-canada-radio","13":"tag-edmonton","14":"tag-edmonton-radio","15":"tag-indigenous","16":"tag-jobs","17":"tag-radio","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom","20":"tag-yeg"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114482086476770379","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}