Welcome to Workforce Development Services (WDS)

Virginia's Community Colleges align education and economic development to extend workforce development courses, training and programs into the community. WDS prepares the emerging workforce by providing students with greater access to career options; serves employers through flexible and customized training; and, offers portable skills and credentials to the the incumbent and displaced workforce.

Last year, more than 254,000 people benefitted from workforce programs and services across the Commonwealth. To learn more about workforce development, click our viewbook to the left to read stories of those who have benefited from some of our programs.

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MARC launches Green Works Jobs Portal

The Mid-Atlantic Regional Collaborative (MARC) launched today the MARC Green Works Jobs Portal, the nation’s first multi-state, real-time green jobs identification and collection mechanism with a geographic interface. MARC also released its Green Data for a Growing Green Economy report, the most complete analysis of green jobs in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. The portal provides free job search and recruitment tools for jobseekers and employers across the MARC region.

Advisory Council

The Workforce Development Advisory Council serves as an advisory body to the Vice Chancellor of Workforce Development Services (WDS) on system-wide matters related to credit and non-credit workforce instruction/services and to economic and community development.

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Contact

Mailing Address
VCCS Workforce Development Services
James Monroe Building
101 North 14th Street, 15th Floor
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: (804) 819-1680
Fax: (804) 819-1698