Reaching out to a fast-growing population of young Latinos is key to the country’s economic future, U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis said Friday in Des Moines.
A conversation with more than three dozen people from area Latino communities focused on jobs, a topic of intense interest among Hispanics across the country, Solis said.
To reach the next generation of Americans entering the workforce, Solis said her department has launched a social media campaign to connect people with job search resources such as MySkillsMyFuture.org and MyNextMove.org.
Jose Robles, 21, a student at Des Moines Area Community College, said he’s enrolled in a GED and welding program through a federal Department of Labor grant. Robles said the program drew a lot of interest: He was one of a dozen young people chosen out of about 40 applicants. READ MORE
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