On Thursday, January 24, WPTI and JobsFirstNYC hosted more than 50 attendees, representing 27 organizations, for a Job Developers Networking Breakfast at the Grace Institute. Participants had the opportunity to meet with one another, …
Digital technology is impacting and changing the overall work experience for all levels of employees, including the leaders of organizations. This month we are presenting resources that talk about digital skills gap and automation that is changing the future of the workforce, and considerations for how the workforce field can adapt to those changes. Reports can be accessed here.
What is the future of retail workforce? What are the best and emerging retail workforce practices? What do we know about job quality and economic opportunity in retail? We tried to address those and many other questions during the “Opportunity in Retail” …
WPTI is grateful for the generous and encouraging support of the Pinkerton Foundation for our 2018 Foster Care Roundtable Series. The Roundtables are hosted four times a year,strategically bringing together senior leaders and middle management from the foster care and the workforce development fields to respond to the contextual, …
To the growing list of interesting publications, this month we are sharing new resources that concentrate on the workforce in New York State; NYC neighborhood economic profiles and the new geography of jobs; and the connection between small businesses and workforce development.
The Field Building Hub is pleased to release the fourth brief in the Monitoring the Minimum Wage series. Drawing upon interviews with nearly two dozen businesses, …
Following the April 16, 2018 Insights post Hub and WPTI Staff Attend STEM Solutions Conference, we are adding to The Hub’s Resources page several resources and reports that were shared at the conference.
Field Building Hub Associate, Kasia Tazearslan, and WPTI’s Operations Manager, Saki Mori, attended the U.S. News & World Report STEM Solutions: Workforce of Tomorrow conference in Washington, D.C. on April 4-6. The conference brought together leaders across various industries, ….
We're adding new workforce resources focused on young adults. Reports featured this month include new statistics on New York City’s out-of-school and out-of-work young adult population; highlight common barriers to securing employment; and effective strategies for connecting young adults to skills and jobs.
“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 …..