Changes in our labor market are difficult to predict, but provide glimpse of valuable skills As a workforce development board responsible for impactful investment in our region’s labor market, it is important for our organization to take a critical look at the rapid changes in the composition, structure and trends…
Investing in demand-driven, high-growth occupations is key As the region’s unemployment rate continues to drop, there are more jobs unfilled than there are workers to fill them…
Carlisle, PA – To highlight the Wolf Administration’s education and job training initiatives, Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Deputy Secretary for Workforce Development Eileen Cipriani recently met with local workers and representatives from Vitro Architectural Glass (PPG) and ProLogistics Staffing Solutions Inc…
Unemployment remains unchanged at 3.7% Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 224,000 in June, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 3.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday. Notable job gains occurred in professional and business services, in health care, and in transportation and warehousing…
Program connects students to high-demand jobs …
Editor’s Note: This report was produced for the Peter G. Peterson Foundation’s US 2050 project. An initiative of the Peter G…
YORK, Pa. – Leaders in York, including the York CareerLink, hosted a Second Chance Job Fair at the York County Administration Building on June 12, 2019. It was meant to connect employers with people who are often overlooked for job opportunities…
Press Release Workforce Development / College & Career Readiness Regional C to C Alliance Launch on June 3 at PSECU’s Corporate HQ in Harrisburg Enola, May 18, 2019: The Partnership for Career Development (PCD) has announced that following a yearlong steering committee and years in development, they will be holding…
The Teacher in the Workplace Program gave educators the opportunity to participate in a two-week “tour” of industries that are in high demand right now in the Central PA area. The four industries that the program focused during the two weeks of tours included: healthcare, accounting/business, manufacturing, and skilled trades/apprenticeship…
SCPa Works and the Partnership for Career Development (PCD) were recently awarded more than $575,000 from the PA Department of Labor & Industry to support connections between industry and education…
Governor Tom Wolf recently announced the approval of new funding for MANTEC, a manufacturing consulting firm in York County, to support an eight-week career readiness program that will address the needs of manufacturers in southcentral Pennsylvania and create a job-ready workforce in the greater York County area…
U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Rob Portman (R-OH), co-chairs of the Senate Career and Technical Education (CTE) Caucus, introduced the Jumpstart Our Businesses By Supporting Students (JOBS) Act, a bill that would help students access training for the 7.3 million vacant jobs that are unfilled in part due to a shortage of qualified workers…
