HONOLULU — The White House’s next round of 15 new TechHire regions includes Hawaii. President Obama selected the High Technology Development Corporation, an attached agency to the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, to participate in the program.
HONOLULU — The White House’s next round of 15 new TechHire regions includes Hawaii.
President Obama selected the High Technology Development Corporation, an attached agency to the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, to participate in the program. HTDC has led the effort to demonstrate Hawaii’s ability to respond quickly to its growing technology workforce.
Obama launched the multi-sector TechHire initiative one year ago, to empower Americans with the skills they need through universities, community colleges and nontraditional approaches that offer rapid or flexible paths to tech training.
To kick off TechHire, 21 regions, with more than 120,000 open technology jobs and more than 300 employer partners, are announcing plans to work together to find new ways to recruit and place applicants based on their actual skills and to create more fast track tech training opportunities.
“We fully support the president’s TechHire program, which will enable our residents to access accelerated job training opportunities and compete for higher wage earning jobs,” said Gov. David Ige. “The president’s selection of Hawaii as a TechHire region is a step in the right direction and supports our 80/80 initiative to create 80,000 new technology jobs earning more than $80,000 annually by 2030.”
HTDC has created a coalition of workforce organizations, employers and state and local government to develop and align training to meet the demands of employers.
“HTDC is committed to matchmaking employers and high-potential candidates by working with stakeholders to develop innovative training programs such as “coding boot camps,” virtual classrooms and high-quality online courses to rapidly train workers for high-paying tech jobs,” said Robbie Melton, executive director and CEO at HTDC.
