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What advice would you have for young professionals looking to move up in their careers? “Here’s my top 10. First, remember the advice your mom gave you at the dinner table: ‘Try everything on your plate and never say you don’t like it until you’ve tried it.’ Second, there is no substitute for the investment of time. You have to invest a tremendous amount of time, in the office, outside the office, at 3 a.m. when you wake up thinking of how to solve a work problem. The more you experience, the more people you meet, the more you learn, the more you think about creative solutions to problems, the better you will be, and all those things take time.
Source: Pittsburgh Business Times
This story by Malia Spencer of the Pittsburgh Business Times focuses on Auberle's work to create or modify training programs aimed at preparing young people for jobs.
Source: Pittsburgh Business Times
The Jewish Healthcare Foundation recently announced its annual grantmaking and refers to its relationship with Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board.
Source: The Jewish Chronicle
TRWIB's aging workforce report, "Does Age Matter," referenced in this article by the Pittsburgh Business Times.
Source: Pittsburgh Business Times
The hiring outlook for Pittsburgh in 2013 appears to be strong.
Source: Pittsburgh Business Times
A Pittsburgh-based study is showing females in the region tend to pursue careers in a select number of fields, while men are represented in more industries.The analysis is part of Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board's (TRWIB) research on various segments in the labor industry.
Source: WESA-FM
Bernadette Collins was 24 and a newlywed when her husband, a steelworker, was laid off from his job in 1982.
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Limited employer engagement, failure to identify and share best practices, and programs operating below capacity are only a few factors causing problems for those trying to help the unemployed in southwestern Pennsylvania.
Source: WESA-FM
When Edward Gerjuoy started teaching at the University of Pittsburgh in 1964, the Beatles had invaded America, boys played with a new G.I. Joe action figure and a generation reared on the make-believe of television faced harsh Cold War realities.
Source: Pittsburgh Tribune Review
TRWIB's newest board members were recognized in the People and Awards section of the online Pittsburgh Business Times.
Source: Pittsburgh Business Times
Pittsburgh's diverse labor market and small-city atmosphere make it attractive to young people, according to a panel at the University of Pittsburgh on Tuesday, but the city should do more to attract young adults of diverse ethnicities, and local youngsters should vote more often.
Source: WESA-FM
A recent job description for a lab technician described the requirements: a bachelor's degree in chemistry or biology, a year of work experience in light manufacturing, the knowledge and ability to mix chemicals, the ability to operate a fork lift, lift heavy boxes and work with hazardous materials. What did it pay? $15 to $17 an hour.
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Sept. 28 article "Production Jobs Rare For Young Workers" sheds light on a growing concern for some of the region's key employment sectors -- older workers with jobs in manufacturing, education and health care are expected to leave jobs faster than employers can find qualified younger workers to replace them.
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh is facing a critical shortage of younger workers ready to move into jobs that will become available as a result of retirements in the workforce in the next 10 years. What can we do about it?
Source: Pop City Media
When Stephen Shelton looks ahead to that moment in the future when he will hand his construction company over to his son, he sees trouble. The company has a good stable of reliable employees, but they are all in their 40s and 50s. There are no younger workers in the pipeline to take over those jobs.
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board (TRWIB) has issued a report on the aging of the region’s labor pool warning of a future shortage of workers. The report finds the region will be faced with a high number of retirements in the future and not enough qualified younger workers to fill critical jobs in key sectors like manufacturing, education, health care, and the trades.
Source: 90.5 WESA Pittsburgh's NPR News Station
Young people in the Pittsburgh region are facing a future with fewer opportunities to garner skills, just as the population of older skilled workers is heading toward retirement.
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Older workers are leaving jobs faster than employers can find qualified younger workers to replace them. That’s the conclusion of a report the Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board released on Thursday that said the gap is expected to widen significantly in the next decade and impact the local economy.
Source: Pittsburgh Tribune Review
PITTSBURGH, PA, (September 27, 2012) — Is age really just a number? When it comes to the age of the region’s workforce, numbers mean plenty. Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board (TRWIB) today released its report, “Does Age Matter? Workforce aging and its implication for collaborative talent management in the Pittsburgh region,” and identified a disturbing scarcity of skills for critical occupations in the Pittsburgh region.
The Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board is making the taboo assertion that age does matter when it comes to our region’s workforce.
Source: Pittsburgh Business Times