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Apprenticeship Missouri

Apprenticeship Missouri works with employers, providers and partners to build a diverse and skilled workforce in Missouri through apprenticeship and work-based learning opportunities.

Missouri Job Centers

Not sure how to get started with your job search? Whether you're looking for a new career, are ready to start your first job, or have lost your job, Missouri Job Centers offer products and services to you at no cost.

The Fast Track Workforce Incentive Grant is a new financial aid program that addresses workforce needs by encouraging adults to pursue a certificate, degree, or industry-recognized credential in an area designated as high need.

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Fast Track Workforce Incentive Grant

Veryable, a preferred MAM Partner, was presented with an Innovation Award from one of their clients, ADAC Automotive. Veryable's platform mitigated $400k in automation costs and achieved $1.6M in cost avoidance over the course of 6 months last year.​

ADAC also presented Pliant Plastics with an award for 100% on-time delivery, who attributed their partnership with Veryable as a large part of their ability to hit 100% on-time deliveries. Pliant utilized the Veryable platform in a unique way, using it to upskill their current full-time employees and fill their entry level jobs with Veryable operators.

Certified Work Ready Communities

The Work Ready Community Initiative empowers counties across the United States to identify skill gaps and quantify the skill level of its workforce. This helps educators build career pathways aligned with the needs of businesses and industries.

MoJobs Connect Mobile App Launched to Help Job Seekers On the Go

The Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development has launched a mobile app to better connect job seekers with hiring employers. The new MoJobs Connect mobile app will help provide Job Center services to customers right from their cell phone. 

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Resource Library

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Missouri One Start - Your One Stop For Workforce Recruitment & Training

Missouri One Start is the state’s premier workforce recruitment and training division. It helps eligible businesses of all sizes stay competitive by providing customized recruitment assistance, as well as resources to train and upskill new and existing employees. Its recruitment strategies and training programs are tailored to the specific workforce needs of the businesses it serves.

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Trainings, Programs and Resources

Employee Training and Upskilling - MAM x Tooling U-SME

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The Missouri Association of Manufacturers (MAM) has partnered with Tooling U-SME, an online training provider, to offset the cost of bringing high-quality, customized, on-site training to manufacturers. More than 500 unique online classes provide a broad offering of manufacturing training topics. Plus, every online class has been reviewed and validated by industry experts.

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Online Training from MAM and Tooling U-SME offers a quick-start, progressive road map that allows manufacturers to build career paths for employees. This online training is intended to enhance your existing on the job training, to create a job progression plan and requires minimal preparation. It is efficient, effective training that has been developed with input from manufacturing experts.

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Online classes are self-paced, typically taking 60 minutes to complete.

They are easily and conveniently accessible on desktops and laptops,

and on tablets and phones with the Tooling U-SME app.

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Missouri Workshops Provide Choice & Opportunity for People with Disabilities

The Missouri Association of Sheltered Workshop Managers is committed to enhancing Missouri's extended employment sheltered workshops, programs for the people that we serve and the business services we provide

The Missouri Difference:
Workshops Making an Impact

Disability employment in Missouri is DIFFERENT – and BETTER – than any other state in the country, thanks to our Missouri legislators providing more CHOICES than anywhere else.

When someone speaks to you about disability employment, make sure they:

  • Are working with MISSOURI data

  • Have the current, correct data

  • And are speaking about CHOICE

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Sheltered Workshop →

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Everyone in Missouri who is employed by private industry, supportive employment, or through the DESE Extended Employment program – workshops – are there by choice. All people have a more fulfilling life if they are working. In Missouri, sheltered workshops provide MORE employment options for those otherwise who would not be working.

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Missouri’s Sheltered Workshops are the service providers for the state’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) Extended Employment Sheltered Workshop Program (EESWP). Through these workshops, employment and skills training is provided to 5,400 Missourians with disabilities.

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Jobs for the Future (JFF) drives transformation of the American workforce and education systems to set up registered apprenticeship programs and achieve equitable economic advancement for all.

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JAG-Missouri, part of the national JAG (Jobs for America's Graduates) network, unleashes the potential of students, helping them succeed in high school and in their careers after graduation.

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MAM Members, Partners and Industry Suppliers who specialize in Workforce Development solutions.

MAM Resources

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Tooling U-SME

High-quality, customized, on-site training for manufacturers

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Ozarks Technical Community College

Training and Education specific to manufacturing.

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St. Charles Community College

Training and Education specific to manufacturing.

Veryable

Operational excellence experts and resources, along with a demand-driven labor platform for manufacturing and distribution companies.

WEBINAR:

Preparing Your Operations for 2024

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Habitat Communication & Culture

Helping businesses adapt, evolve and thrive through Data-Drive Assessments, Organizational Clarity and Performance Management services.

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Ranken Technical College

Training and education opportunities.

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