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At 4.9 percent, Pittsburgh’s December 2017 unemployment rate is approaching a level the Federal Reserve considers nearing “full employment.” This follows a trend of low unemployment rates at the state (4.7 percent) and national levels (4.1 percent). A tightening labor market has generated more competition among businesses for workers, with some of the country’s biggest employers offering more attractive benefits packages, according to a recent New York Times article. While these benefit packages typically have been used to attract salaried workers, employers are using them to recruit hourly workers, too.
The National League of Cities announced the six cities that will participate in its Cities for Racial Equity and Racial Healing Technical Assistance Initiative, and Pittsburgh made the list, along with Charlotte, North Carolina; Long Beach, Calif.; Rochester, N.Y.; St. Paul, Minn.; and Wichita, Kan.
If the Pittsburgh region lands Amazon’s second headquarters, then it will soon be confronted with another challenge: How to fill the 50,000 jobs that Amazon expects HQ2 will need.
Source: Pittsburgh Business Times
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A banker, a health care provider and a delivery service worker all walk into a local middle school to talk about jobs.
It sounds like a joke, and Caitlin McLaughlin, an executive vice president at PNC Financial Services Group Inc., had to laugh at the premise, even though she issued the invitation to UPMC and FedEx Ground last spring.
Source: Pittsburgh Business Times
Partner4Work, the workforce development organization for the Pittsburgh area, is teaming up with the charitable arm of Google to expand access to IT careers to those underrepresented in the technology industry. As a Google.org nonprofit grantee, Partner4Work will provide access to 100 scholarships to train young adults with the skills needed to begin an IT career.
Partner4Work's Vera Krekanova Krofcheck discusses the study to understand the causes and consequences of a shrinking labor force in a booming economy.
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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The announced $3 billion in investments from the region's leading hospital system should provide an abundance of well-paying job opportunities for Pittsburgh-area job seekers. But will Pittsburgh have enough technically trained people to fill the demand?
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Google CEO Sundar Pichai announces Grow with Google, a five-year initiative to provide $1 billion to non-profits across the globe to address digital literacy and job skills.
Source: Pittsburgh Business Times
Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania’s RISE (Reentry through Industry Specific Education) Project is currently seeking candidates for the program. Now entering its sixth year, the successful construction job-training program focuses on individuals 17-24 who need to earn their GED.
Source: South Pittsburgh Reporter
NEXT Pittsburgh interviews Partner4Work Board member and ambassador Will Allen, former safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Source: NEXT Pittsburgh
The Allegheny Conference on Community Development made the right move by naming Stefani Pashman as CEO, effective Oct. 2.
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Earlier this year, Sarah Peterson of Friendship made the transition from working in nonprofit communications to a career in coding.
She did that by completing a coding bootcamp at Academy Pittsburgh in May. While hunting for a job, Peterson said those hiring and at networking events were generally positive about that experience — and her lack of a bachelors in a related field.
Source: The Incline
The Allegheny Conference on Community Development has found a new leader, one with deep understanding of the Pittsburgh region’s workforce challenges.
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Stefani Pashman has been named CEO of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, effective Oct. 2.
Source: Pittsburgh Business Times
PITTSBURGH – Stefani Pashman has been named chief executive officer of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development and its affiliates, effective Oct. 2. She succeeds Dennis Yablonsky, who earlier this year announced his decision to step down from the position at the end of 2017.
Source: Washington Observer-Reporter
Stefani Pashman, Chief Executive Officer of Partner4Work (formerly Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board), will step down after more than seven years to become CEO of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development. She will assume the role October 2, 2017.
The Allegheny Conference on Community Development has named Stefani Pashman its new CEO..
Pashman, the current CEO of Partner4Work in Pittsburgh, will take over the post from Dennis Yablonsky, who plans to retire.
Source: Pittsburgh Tribune Review