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Tuscaloosa County leaders have come up with a clever way to help students get connected with jobs. 

Starting soon students in all six of the Tuscaloosa County high schools will be able to search for a job at school. 

Thanks to a partnership between West AlabamaWorks and the Tuscaloosa County Commission. 

Enterprise Mobility Foundation has given a grant of $3,000 to West AlabamaWorks in support of Educator Workforce Academy.

Educator Workforce Academy is a supported guide to help connect educators and the workforce in better preparation to educate the youth.

A group tasked with helping businesses address workforce needs in west Alabama has been rewarded for doing a good job, receiving a grant that will make on of its signature programs easier on participants.

West Alabama Works was awarded a $3,000 grant from Enterprise Mobility Foundation to support its Educator Workforce Academy, a program that bridges the gap between educators and businesses.

Thanks to a collaborative effort between West AlabamaWorks!, the Alabama Department of Commerce-Workforce Development Division, and Ingram State Technical College, female inmates at Alliceville Federal Prison have more hope for a productive life upon being released after a $6.5 million “Pathways to Hope” grant was awarded to the prison.

West AlabamaWorks on Tuesday announced it has received a $3,000 grant from the Enterprise Mobility Foundation to support its Educator Workforce Academy (EWA).

Thousands of west Alabama students will get a firsthand look Thursday of what could be their future career.

West Alabama Works is hosting the Worlds of Work event at Shelton State Community College. Employers from across west Alabama will show students what they do and how they could get on the fast track to get a job.

The seventh-annual Worlds of Work (WOW) Career Expo will bring industry leaders and education partners together with more than 4,000 students from west Alabama to Shelton State Community College this week.

“We’re giving students the opportunity to see the careers the West Alabama region has to offer. WOW can change a student’s career pathway for the better,” said Chamber of Commerce Chief Workforce Officer and West Alabama Works Executive Director Donny Jones. “WOW is like no other event we put on throughout the year.”

Dozens of adults completed the West Alabama Works’ Educator Workforce Academy program, showing that Worlds of Work, or WOW, isn’t just about kids.

West Alabama Works successfully completed their eighth WOW event in Tuscaloosa. Part of that process includes helping motivate and train educators on how they can play a bigger role in helping students decide what could be a good career for them.

The 2023 Worlds of Work Career Expo aimed to put some fun into choosing a line of work for ninth-grade students in West Alabama.

"It's like the Disney World of workforce," said Donny Jones, executive director of West AlabamaWorks!, the chief operating officer of the Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama and one of the organizers of the career expo.