Some workplace experts argue that with more businesses adopting AI tools, soft skills are worth cultivating to help employees become indispensible.
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The bill also creates new penalties of up to $50,000 for training schools that certify drivers without proper credentials.
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Starbucks said it simplified its dress code to deliver a more consistent experience to customers and give its employees clearer guidance.
Both Indianapolis nonprofits share the similar mission of helping people who face barriers to becoming economically self-sufficient.
In Indianapolis, students will be working with a construction company while they attend classes. Companies will assign students a mentor and will move them on-site, once they are ready.
Conexus wants to move its Catapult programming on-site with manufacturers that want to hire Catapult graduates. And it plans to reduce its own role in the program.
Indiana employers who pay for additional staff training that leads to increased wages could be partially reimbursed for the investment.
“I wanted to be able to show women that there were lots of stories of female success that were a lot more accessible and also laden with failures and lessons and mistakes.”
Banking, health care, life sciences and advanced manufacturing have already been identified as key industries lacking enough skilled workers in the state and will be the initial focus of high school apprenticeship programs.
The training center, a 272-room hotel for Republic employees and an 800-space parking garage are part of Republic’s $200 million corporate campus. A 122,000-square-foot headquarters building is under construction and expected to open in January 2026.
The money will expand registered apprenticeships in K-12 education, transportation, clean energy, supply chain, hospitality, care economy and other public sector occupations.
Pay your interns, give them a good onboarding experience and provide practical experience. Those are among the tips IBJ gathered from employers, students and internship coordinators.
Luster, which launched out of Indianapolis-based venture studio High Alpha, offers a software platform that creates custom training sessions for salespeople. The company had its public debut this week and already has landed a few paying customers.
The Carmel medical group is gaining a reputation as a training and education center. It holds courses for high school and college students in anatomy as well as surgeons going out on their own after residencies and fellowships.
The department used $200,000 in private funds disbursed by the Central Indiana Police Foundation and donated by Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay to build the mock village named Hershyville.
As Indiana competes with neighboring states for computer-chip and electric-vehicle production plants, some state leaders remain concerned that Hoosiers are ill-equipped to fill the jobs of the future should those corporations decide to locate here.
The facility is designed to help address the what the industry expects to be a national shortage of 400,000 HVAC technicians by 2033 that would significantly hamper the installation and maintenance of HVAC units across the country.
Participants are part of an eight-week training program at the Hampton Inn. Each person works with an employment coach from Janus Developmental Services and receives training on a variety of operations that include precleaning hotel rooms and deep cleaning other areas of the building.
Under a new proposal intended to protect students, nearly two-thirds of cosmetology certificate programs at for-profit colleges would risk losing federal funding. So would more than a third of such programs in massage therapy and dental support.
The Indianapolis-based airline and its flight school have sued a dozen former students the airline says failed to honor their commitment to fly for Republic after graduation.
The online platform allows young job seekers ages 16-24 to connect with employers who can provide job opportunities, soft-skill development and job-readiness training.
Bryan Bedford, CEO of Indianapolis-based Republic, said he was disappointed but not surprised by the FAA’s decision. He said the agency didn’t give the airline’s request the review that it deserved.
