Training Tomorrow's Workforce Today
Preparing a qualified workforce is one of the most important missions of the university, as is represented in the Â鶹´«Ã½ Workforce Development Priorities and Guidelines. Â鶹´«Ã½ is committed to preparing today's students to be the next generation workforce, recognizing that tomorrow's careers will require advanced skills, greater knowledge and more flexibility than ever before. The Office of Workforce Development's role is to facilitate industry-driven training and degree programs focused on providing skilled Alaskan workers for Alaska jobs.
Â鶹´«Ã½ provides various dual enrollment options to expand access to postsecondary for K-12 students, from classroom or online courses to middle college to college-level courses being delivered through agreements with school districts.
Â鶹´«Ã½ Workforce Reports Feature Graduate & Employment Outcomes
- The Â鶹´«Ã½ offers more than 200 programs in workforce development from
non-credit industry certifications to advanced degrees.
- Â鶹´«Ã½ and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development collaborated to produce workforce reports on key Alaska industries.
- The workforce reports illustrate Â鶹´«Ã½ graduate outcomes and employment success.
- Data demonstrates that higher education increases income, reduces unemployment, increases
Alaska hire rates and increases job retention.
- Reports can be used to assess Â鶹´«Ã½ programs and graduate outcomes, guide program development and investment and aid students in program selection.
Career Coach
Career Coach is a free tool for current and prospective students to match interests to a career, learn about in-demand careers, browse programs tied to jobs and find current job postings in Alaska. Download: Flyer 1 or Flyer 2
Â鶹´«Ã½ Workforce Development News
Â鶹´«Ã½ Workforce Development has a blog. to learn about funding opportunities, see what is new in workforce development around the state and receive information on federal initiatives. To receive regular updates, provide your email address on the left column of the blog.
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October 08, 2024
A moose in the Denali Borough, photo by Flickr user Jason Ahrns License: Creative Commons license BY-NC-SA 2.0. Paul Martz, economist with the Alaska Dept. of Labor and Workforce Development, highlights the importance of noting pandemic job recovery as varying widely across industries. Some jobs were still below pre-pandemic levels in 2022 — much of …
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September 30, 2024
With Alaska poised for new infrastructure projects, the Â鶹´«Ã½ is stepping up to ensure the state has the workforce it needs. Through an $800,000 partnership between Â鶹´«Ã½ and industry leaders, the next generation of construction professionals is already taking shape. “We are building more than structures; we’re building futures,” states Meg Nordale, President …