WDC CEO receives national award at U.S. Conference of Mayors
Citing her tireless efforts to put people back to work, the U.S. Conference of Mayors Workforce Development Council has honored Marléna Sessions, CEO of the WDC of Seattle-King County, with its...
View ArticleWDC CEO joins King County Exec to announce aerospace actions
Marlena Sessions, Chief Executive Officer of the WDC, joined King County Executive Dow Constantine and fellow members of the King County Aerospace Alliance at Boeing Field on Feb. 14 to announce six...
View ArticleCEO testifies before Senate on WDC’s health-care partnerships
Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County CEO Marléna Sessions testified before a a Senate labor subcommittee in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 16 to share the impact of the WDC’s partnerships...
View ArticleWDC health-care sector work highlighted in national GAO report
The WDC’s health-care efforts were included in a Government Accountability Office study of 14 effective collaborations between workforce boards and employers, released in February 2012. Read the report...
View ArticleAerospace efforts applauded by King County Council committee
King County Council members are praising the WDC and other leaders of the county’s Aerospace Alliance for working to keep the growing industry a central part of the county’s economic engine. The kudos...
View ArticleVideo: WDC joins Senators Cantwell and Inouye to hear challenges and...
The Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County continues to make veteran re-employment a top priority. On April 1, WDC Chief Executive Officer Marléna Sessions joined Washington Senator...
View ArticleVideo: WDC challenges area businesses to hire youth this summer
On May 11, 2012, the WDC called on local employers to offer work experiences to our community’s young people this summer. The event at YouthSource Renton included WDC CEO Marlena Sessions,as well as...
View ArticleU.S. Secretary of Labor visits WorkSource Seattle-King County
On Friday, Oct. 12, U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis held a community conversation at WorkSource Affiliate Downtown Seattle.Sec Solis with KC Exec Constantine and WDC CEO Marlena Sessions. After...
View ArticleVideo: Fiscal cliff already hurting thousands of unemployed in Wash.
KING5/December 31, 2012 – When it comes to going over the fiscal cliff, the stakes are high for everyone, especially the roughly two million people at risk of losing long-term unemployment benefits....
View ArticleVideo: Maritime industry needs to get new workers on board
KING 5 News (March 5, 2013) “There’s a lot of jobs available in the maritime industry in the Puget Sound region. We employee nearly a quarter million people either related directly or indirectly to...
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