“How is the minimum wage increase impacting your workforce?” and “What policy changes are necessary for your business to adapt to the increasing minimum wage?” were among the questions explored by a panel of business and human resource leaders on February 14. The convening, co-sponsored by the Field Building Hub and …..

In winter 2017-2018, along with 14 workforce professionals, Kasia Tazearslan, Hub Associate, joined the Workforce Academy for Policy and Advocacy organized by the New York Association of Training and Employment Professionals (NYATEP).

We're adding new resources that focus on macroeconomic trends impacting the workforce, including automation and online application and hiring tools. In an era of constant new technological developments and shifts into automation, these reports provide a timely perspectives on how people connect and adapt to the labor market.

WPTI’s Board of Director continues to grow and add members that will help our organization grow and provide value to the workforce development field. Our newest Director brings years of executive coaching and organizational development experience that will be essential to our programs and operations teams.

WPTI is excited to bring back for a fourth year the Job Development Learning Group (JDLG). The JDLG is a cohort program designed to equip and empower job developers with skills that best meet the needs of employer partners and program participants. The program will include in-person sessions, expert guest speakers , private sector leaders, and more.

On February 1, the New York City Employment and Training Coalition (NYCETC) hosted a Coalition Café, featuring research from the Monitoring the Minimum Wage brief series produced as a collaboration between the Workforce Professionals Training Institute’s (WPTI) Field Building Hub and the New School’s Center for New York City Affairs.

The Workforce Field Building Hub was established in part to amplify effective models and practice for preparing, connecting, and advancing individuals to the labor market. To support this goal, we are launching the Hub website Resources page.

WPTI is excited to bring back for a fourth year the Job Development Learning Group (JDLG). The JDLG is a cohort program designed to equip and empower job developers with skills that best meet the needs of employer partners and program participants. The program will include in-person sessions, expert guest speakers , private sector leaders, and more.

On December 5, Kasia Tazearslan, Workforce Field Building Hub Associate, and Sandy DeShong, Workforce Field Building Hub Consultant, presented at Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation’s Navigating the Minimum Wage workshop.

The New York City Workforce Funders commissioned the Field Building Hub to conduct a strategic review of New York City workforce initiatives since 2014, both public and philanthropic. Using recent frameworks as a reference point—including the 2013 Re-envisioning the New York City Workforce System and the 2014 Career Pathways: One City Working Together reports - the resulting Workforce Agenda for New York City report provides the workforce field and its funders a set of pragmatic recommendations for effecting measurable system-level improvements over the next four to five years.