CareerSTAT Healthcare Workforce Development Academy Beginning in November 2017, CareerSTAT brought together 11 healthcare organizations for the CareerSTAT Healthcare Workforce Development Academy. This year-long learning experience helps healthcare organizations develop more diverse talent pipelines, better retain and advance their entry-level staff, and proactively fill critical…
There is a lot of talk about extreme income inequality. The fault, many say, is with capitalism. Often these capitalist critiques come from the progressive left. But more and more, warnings about the excesses of “late-stage capitalism” are coming from…
“Good morning Baltimore,” I sang to myself as my train pulled into the Camden MARC station. I was greeted by the famous warehouse that stands between the train station and Oriole Park at Camden Yards – a familiar haunt of…
With demand for medical assistants (MAs) across Seattle and King County at an all-time high, UW Medicine, which includes the University of Washington School of Medicine and its health system, recognized the need to reimagine their pipeline into a high-demand…
Industry partnerships have been at the heart of the National Fund’s model since the beginning. It’s one of the key ways that we activate employers to invest in the workforce. These employer-led partnerships have resulted in more effective training programs,…
CareerSTAT Healthcare Workforce Development Academy Beginning in November 2017, CareerSTAT brought together 11 healthcare organizations for the CareerSTAT Healthcare Workforce Development Academy. This year-long learning experience helps healthcare organizations develop more diverse talent pipelines, better retain and advance their entry-level staff, and proactively fill critical…
With unemployment at an all-time low, employers are struggling to find and recruit qualified workers. For tech companies, the challenge is even greater. Demand is already high, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts continued growth across the computer and…
HAPPY APRIL FOOLS DAY FROM THE NATIONAL SOLUTIONS FUND FOR WORKFORCE
Sharing and promoting the work of our regional collaboratives is extremely important. It is their hard work and effort that drives the engine that is the National Fund. Local Investment @ Work is a platform where regional collaboratives share stories…
In response to our blog post Breaking Down the Barriers to Worker Mobility, Linda Dworak of the Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative reached out to provide an update on some of the legislative initiatives in Maryland underway to facilitate access to…