LFCC Workforce Solutions Welcomes Disney Institute to Middletown, Virginia

Disney Institute is bringing its renowned professional development course, Disney’s Approach to Leadership Excellence, to Middletown on Thursday, March 26, 2020.  Sponsored by Lord Fairfax Community College Workforce Solutions Professional Development and Continuing Education, the one-day event will help area professionals explore how they could begin to identify the personal and organizational values that drive them as a leader to carry out their organization’s vision and their role in operationalizing culture-building and team support.

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LFCC Workforce Solutions Year-in-Review 2018-2019

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Lord Fairfax Community College Workforce Solutions Professional Development and Continuing Education (LFCCWS) had another amazing year helping individuals and organizations start, enhance and/or change in workplace skills. Launching and expanding new programs into new markets as well as increasing credentials offered through programs like #FastForward, LFCCWS continues to be your local, reliable, and trusted partner for quality and relevant workforce training programs that meet the needs of employers and individuals in our community.

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Heavy Equipment Operator Training Program Paves the Way for Opportunity

Yonathan Vigil Eufracio was one of 11 students from Fauquier County Public Schools and Prince William County Public Schools who participated in LFCC’s first-ever high school cohort for heavy equipment operator training.

Working with machinery runs in Yonathan Vigil Eufracio’s family, so taking the Heavy Equipment Operators (HEO) program designed for high school students and offered by LFCC Workforce Solutions last spring was a smart choice.

“It just came naturally to me,” he explains. “It’s something I’ve always wanted to do. I applied and got the scholarship offered by my school system.”

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Fauquier County Resident Finds Purpose, Career With LFCC’s New Dental Assisting Course

Fauquier County High School 2014 graduate Mackenzie Rollins has finally found a career she can really sink her teeth into, thanks to a brand-new dental assisting program being offered by LFCC Workforce Solutions.

This was Rollins’s second time enrolling at LFCC – she had previously studied business, but realized that wasn’t the field for her. She had also spent more than a year at James Madison University, where she switched majors several times.

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IT Prep Courses Come with Job Interview Guarantee

Skyline High School graduate Bradley Cute recently completed LFCC Workforce Solutions’ CompTIA A+ Prep and Certification course, and now works for a federal contractor in Luray.

He took advantage of the Guarantee-to-Interview program Workforce Solutions has with Syntelligent Analytic Solutions LLC. Syntelligent has agreed to interview students who have completed the CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+, CompTIA Security+ or ITIL certification courses.

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What Career Path Do You Take Next

Hi, Are you ready to make changes in your current career or start something completely brand new? Changing careers can be overwhelming, paralyzing even. Making a new transition is undeniably scary, disruptive, and difficult.

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Podcast On Why Your Team Should Attend Leadercast 2019

The Valley Today radio show (The River 95.3 WZRV) was live (on tape) from Lord Fairfax Community College for a conversation with Guy Curtis, Director of Marketing, Business & Industry Training for LFCC Workforce Solutions and Jeanian Clark, Vice President of Workforce Solutions and Continuing Education. (more…)

Leadership Institute Graduates Thirty New Leaders

Photo taken on February 22, 2019 at the 2018-2019 Leadership Institute Graduation.

Congratulations to the graduates of LFCC Workforce Solution’s seventh Leadership Institute program. There were thirty participants from nine local organizations that successfully completed the program. (more…)

Phlebotomy Technician Course Opens Doors For Single Mother

Keisha Smith and son

At her new job, Keisha Smith’s benefits include good insurance for herself and her young son.

Certified phlebotomist/nurse assistant Keisha Smith is proof of what can be accomplished through hard work and sheer determination.

The Culpeper resident overcame homelessness while raising a young child to attain two health care certifications and start a fulfilling career.

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