The Career and Technical Education (CTE) Industry Scholars program—a project spearheaded by Grant Associates, the New York City Department of Education, the Center for Youth Employment and the Partnership for New York City—is geared up for its third program year! The program first launched in...
For years (maybe even decades?) at all levels in the field of workforce development, from practitioner to system leader, from vendor to funder, from direct client facing to policy wonk, we have discussed the need for better soft skills among the job seeking customers we...
What are some future trends you are seeing in your field that may seem unrelated to your search for talent, but could certainly have an impact on talent acquisition?...
In a recent discussion with industry leaders in the Seattle region, several experts in the fields of manufacturing, IT, healthcare and trade and logistics were asked a few deceptively simple questions, one of which was: What are your biggest workforce challenges and how are you...
Call it what you will - Financial Capability, Financial Empowerment, Financial Literacy…In the field of workforce development, it has long been viewed as an “add on” or a “nice to have,” tangential to the real work we do. As workforce development professionals, should we do...