After a great weekend in our nation’s capital at the National Association of Workforce Boards (NAWB) 2016 Forum with 1,500 workforce leaders from across the county, here’s a quick glance at some of the key themes and trends that emerged…
Payrolls up 242,000 and unemployment rate unchanged at 4.9% Last week’s jobs report was yet another sign that the United States’ economy continues it’s slow but marked growth despite the increasing global economic uncertainty over the past few months…
CEO Kevin Perkey highlights impact of workforce development as keynote speaker…
As one of our strategic goals for 2016, PA CareerLink® York County is exploring ways to help those individuals re-entering the workforce whom have misdemeanors or felonies on their backgrounds. With our unemployment rate dropping in December to 3.9% for the York/Hanover area, 4…
On February 4th and 5th, nearly thirty workforce development professionals representing all six PA CareerLinks® in the South Central Workforce Investment Area attended a Reentry Employment Specialist (RES) Training offered by representatives of the PA Department of Corrections. Hilary Thomas of SCPa Works coordinated this event for the region…
Even though this weekend is promising to bring sub-zero temperatures in the South Central region, it is never too early to start thinking about summer. Summer youth employment, that is…
Key Takeaways from the January Jobs Report While the headline number of 151,000 payroll increases in the most recent jobs report was generally disappointing to economists, there were a number of bright spots in the jobs report…
A recent Central Penn Business Journal article outlined the mismatch between younger workers and occupations in the skilled trades, particularly as more baby boomers are retiring…
Brother and Sister Food Service is truly the “American Dream come true” for Aziz Sahovic. Aziz is the owner of a Bosnian food producer who fled his native country with his family at the beginning of the Bosnian War and took refuge in Austria…
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf recently released a draft version of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Combined State Plan, which will serve as a strategic planning document that will guide the commonwealth’s workforce system priorities for the next four years…
By Jodi Derr As part of SCPA Works’ on-going efforts to provide valuable resources to both employers and job seekers, we are encouraged to see the recent reauthorization of an important tax credit that incentivizes businesses to hire veterans, job seekers with barriers to employment and the long-term unemployed…
The era of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), one of the most contentious and controversial pieces of education legislation in our recent history, has officially ended…
