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Utah’s Skilled2Succeed Graduates Achieve 90 Percent Job Placement

September 5, 2007

Skilled2Succeed (S2S), announced today that its August graduating class has brought the total number of program graduates to 135. Fully 90 percent of graduates have secured employment resulting from their newly found skills. Two new classes have just started offering hope to an additional 24 individuals registered for the DirectPointe and UVSC hosted courses.

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Utah’s Skilled2Succeed Graduates Advance Skills

August 21, 2006

Skilled2Succeed (S2S), announcing its graduating class of more than 50 to be recognized at UVSC National Guard Auditorium Monday evening, August 21, 2006 at seven o’clock.

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Utah’s Skilled2Succeed Picks up Steam with New Sponsors, Graduates and Job Placements

October 4, 2005

Skilled2Succeed (S2S), helping underserved Utahns achieve employment and self-sufficiency through certification and validation of critical job skills, announced today its second graduating class to be recognized at UVSC this evening.

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Utah’s Skilled2Succeed Honors First Graduates and Job Placements

June 1, 2005

Adecco, DirectPointe, Certiport and UVSC’s Turning Point today announced the creation of Skilled2Succeed, an alliance committed to helping underserved Utahns achieve employment and self-sufficiency through certification and validation of critical job skills.

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Skilled2Succeed mentioned in DesertNews.com

May 2, 2005

Six months ago, Candice Tice was working as a clerk at Salt Lake Regional Hospital. She didn't mind the job, but long shifts and the commute from Utah County prevented her from spending time with her 3-year-old son, Colton.

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Partnership helps single parents escape dead-end jobs

Hemmed in by the bittersweet vagaries of life, Adele Satterfield desperately needed a miracle.

She made one - with her own hard work, and "Skilled2Succeed," a new private-public partnership aimed at helping single parents escape dead-end, low paying jobs by giving them the life and computer skills needed to find work in the technology sector.

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Single parents find place in new UVSC program

Not too long ago, Candice Tice was unemployed. Now, she's looking forward to starting her new job at a graphics and printing company.

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