Fort Campbell, Kentucky (December 9, 2022) – Connected Nation’s Digital Works program has named Colby Davenport a 2022 Graduate of the Year. Digital Works provides virtual job training and placement for military-connected adults across the United States and U.S. military bases around the world. Tammy Spring, Digital Works Operations Manager, described Colby as “someone who went above and beyond” during his …
2022 trends in remote employment
Fort Campbell, Kentucky (August 24, 2022) — The Fort Campbell Digital Works team has a rare view into the world of remote employment because of the career readiness support that is included in the program. During training, each learner gains or refreshes their skills, including customer service, verbal and written communication, basic technical competencies, and the unique experience of searching …
Why are you staying? Exploring the Great Resignation
Columbus, Ohio (June 8, 2022) — The pandemic brought about significant changes, one of which was a mass exodus of the workforce, often referred to as The Great Resignation. Many people, at all career levels and positions, decided to leave the brick-and-mortar world behind. Personal or family illness, and the shift to online schooling for young children were among the …
Get a job that moves with you: Digital Works now offering grant-funded digital skills and remote job placement services at no cost to participants
Fort Campbell, Kentucky (April 7, 2022) – Digital Works (DW), a program developed by the national nonprofit Connected Nation (CN), is offering digital skills training and job placement assistance to all Kentucky state residents, as well as Fort Campbell-area military-affiliated adults (spouses, veterans, and transitioning service members), at no cost to them thanks to funding provided by the Kentucky Statewide …
Connected Nation Receives Excellence in Economic Development Award from the International Economic Development Council
Washington, DC (October 19, 2020) – Connected Nation won a Gold Rank for its Digital Works Website, a project in the category of Special Purpose Website of the International Economic Development Council (IEDC). The honor was presented last week at an awards ceremony during the IEDC Annual Conference. IEDC’s Excellence in Economic Development Awards recognize the world’s best economic development …
Digital Works Honored for New Site for Digital Skills Training and Job Placement Assistance
Virtual (May 21, 2020) – Digital Works (DW) launched a new, more user-friendly website in January 2020 to better help people reach their digital training and job placement goals. This week, the new website was honored by national organization PR News as a finalist for Site Redesign. You can find the website at www.digitalworksjobs.org. “We felt it was important to …
Digital Works Marks its First Day of Classes in Fort Campbell Facility
Fort Campbell, KY (February 4, 2020) –Digital Works (DW) opened its doors yesterday to ten participants for the first day of classes at a new facility. It’s located across from Fort Campbell in southern Kentucky. This location is focused specifically on bringing work-from-home jobs training and placement assistance to military spouses, veterans, and select dependents. Military spouses have some of …
Digital Skills Boot Camp Aims to Improve Digital Literacy in Ohio
The Plains, OH (November 21, 2019) – Digital Works, a program of Connected Nation, took its technology and client-service training program to Athens County, Ohio, a few weeks ago to host a free digital skills boot camp to improve basic digital literacy among its participants. The training was held at the OhioMeansJobs (Athens County) facility and was made possible thanks …
Why Remote Work Can Help Bridge the Hiring Gap, Especially for Rural Professionals
The following was published in Entrepreneur on August 26, 2019 by Sara Sutton, Guest Writer, CEO & Founder of Flexjobs Editor’s note: Connected Nation agrees with this opinion piece and has seen first hand how remote jobs can change lives through our Digital Works program – which provides digital job training and placement assistance for everyone from young adults to seniors …