TECH INITIATIVE Austin jumps into national tech training, hiring program: Austin Mayor Steve Adler last week announced that the city is joining a White House initiative designed to work with Google and other top companies to fill technology jobs in cities — like Austin — that have been hubs of innovation but have struggled to find enough skilled workers. Adler echoed President Barack Obama’s sentiment about the need to fill high-paying technology jobs through his program TechHire, which launched last year. Adler said leading technology companies are desperate to find thousands of skilled workers for jobs in Austin. “We have lots of...
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