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Stefani Pashman, 3RWIB CEO, speaks about jobs and the economy on the Feb. 2, 2014, edition of "Our Region's Business."

Source: Our Region's Business

Looking for work? Looking for workers? The newest star in the spotlight of employment in Pittsburgh is appropriately named Pittsburgh Works, a collaboration of community-based and public organizations aimed at simplifying and improving the workforce development system for both employers and employees. Read more about this innovative initiative.

Source: North Hills Monthly

Mark T. Latterner, executive vice president, regional senior credit officer, Citizens Bank's Mid-Atlantic Region, was elected president of Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board.

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 23, 2014) — Stefani Pashman, Chief Executive Officer of Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board, has been elected to the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ Workforce Development Council. She was elected to the one-year term during the organization’s 82nd annual winter conference in Washington, D.C.

Pennsylvania’s job market is a reflection of the national market: still recovering. Even though Moody’s Analytics ranks it 41st in the nation for expected job growth in 2014, there are bright spots for job seekers. The Marcellus shale drilling industry has buoyed the jobs outlook in the western region of the state and the health care industry employs thousands statewide. NerdWallet crunched the data to find the best cities for job seekers in Pennsylvania.

Source: NerdWallet.com

Mark T. Latterner, Executive Vice President, Regional Senior Credit Officer, for Citizens Bank’s Mid-Atlantic Region which includes Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Virginia, recently was elected President of Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board (3RWIB). He will lead the organization through 2016.

3RWIB CEO Stefani Pashman discuss the region's workforce with Stacy Smith and David Shribman during the Jan. 12, 2014, KD PG Sunday Edition.

Source: KDKA-TV

Two years ago, Highmark launched a $2.4-million workforce development program. During a Dec. 19 press event at New Century Careers on Pittsburgh’s South Side, spokesman Evan Frazier said the company was pleased with the results and is committed to ongoing support.

Source: New Pittsburgh Courier

David Chalfant decided last year that he'd had enough of working as a stock clerk in a grocery store. The West Mifflin resident enrolled in October 2012 in a machinist training program known as Manufacturing 2000 at New Century Careers in the South Side.

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune Review

Highmark will announce results of a two-year, $2.4 million workforce development project Thursday at a skills training center on the South Side.

Source: Pittsburgh Business Times

On Monday, the Alcoa Foundation presented Catalyst Connection with $125,000 to fund a new workforce development initiative aimed at providing training and internship experience for unemployed youth.

Source: Pittsburgh Business Times

The number of jobs in Marcellus Shale core industries in Pennsylvania, including gas extraction, drilling oil and gas wells and pipeline transportation, increased 149 percent — from 12,188 to 30,369 jobs — between the fourth quarters of 2009 and 2012. And the average wage in core industries was $83,100.

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune Review

Western Pennsylvania laborers rank among the best-skilled technical workforces in the country, giving the region a clear upper hand for its manufacturing resurgence.

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune Review

Daniel Fitzpatrick, president and CEO of Citizens Bank Pennsylvania, told the audience at African American Chamber of Commerce July Business Breakfast that the bank is committed to building the region’s economy, workforce and diversity.

Source: New Pittsburgh Courier

Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board (3RWIB) has rolled out a new online tool that connects job seekers to free or low-cost training programs designed to prepare people for quick entry into well-paying jobs in health care, energy, and manufacturing. Called Quick Train for Jobs, the site is a clearinghouse for free or low-cost, high-quality, brief training programs with some of the region’s most recognized institutions.

Source: Pop City Media

With companies needing skilled workers -- but are not always being willing to pay to train them -- and long-term unemployment remaining a problem in southwestern Pennsylvania, the Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board has founded a new website to help people find low-cost training programs.

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board has developed a website, www.quicktrainforjobs.com, to connect job seekers to free and low-cost training programs.

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board (3RWIB) announced today that it has launched “Quick Train for Jobs,” an innovative online tool that connects job seekers to free or low-cost training programs designed to prepare people for quick entry into well-paying jobs in health care, energy, and manufacturing.

Source: NewswireToday.com

PITTSBURGH (July 15, 2013) — Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board (3RWIB) announced today that it has launched “Quick Train for Jobs,” an innovative online tool that connects job seekers to free or low-cost training programs designed to prepare people for quick entry into well-paying jobs in health care, energy, and manufacturing.

It's no secret that our region has seen a disconnect between the skills job seekers have and the skills employers need to fill jobs.

Source: Pittsburgh Business Times