Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the Connecticut Office of Workforce Strategy, in collaboration with Social Venture Partners Connecticut and supported by a generous grant from Bank of America, is hiring two new workforce strategy leaders to help execute the strategic vision for workforce development laid out in the Governor’s Workforce Council strategic plan, a guiding document that outlines initiatives centered on helping connect individuals with high-quality jobs in the state.
Bank of America has thrown its support behind a state workforce development program with a grant that will allow the Office of Workforce Strategy to hire two new strategy directors.
State officials said Austin Hutchinson and Ben Stang will join the office as workforce strategy directors in IT and health care, respectively. The two will work on the rollout of CareerConneCT, a job training program aiming to connect 8,000 residents to job opportunities in high-growth sectors, in addition to coordinating workforce development projects in their respective industries.