Do you remember the first time you flew on an airplane? For 18-year-old apprentice Phillip Fuller, it was in early March 2018, when he traveled to New York City to discuss his experience in a local apprenticeship program in North…
Back in 2007, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) had been running “pipeline” programs – efforts to train incumbent workers up into hard to fill jobs – for a few years. In the course of running these programs, it became…
Christian Ralston is the Director of Workforce Development at Norton Healthcare and a key leader in delivering technical assistance to the 11 healthcare organizations participating in the CareerSTAT Healthcare Workforce Development Academy. As a Champion organization with a long history…
Investing in America’s Workforce How Employers Create Good Jobs to Maintain Their Competitive Advantage In today’s tightening labor market, companies across the country are adopting new business practices to create good jobs to attract, retain and grow their talent. The…
The National Fund network consists of dozens of effective local workforce development professionals leading efforts in their communities to connect individuals to work and to provide businesses with skilled employees. Their skills and insights drive the National Fund, and we…
MJ Ryan is the Director of Workforce Development at Partners HealthCare and a key leader in delivering technical assistance to the 11 healthcare organizations participating in the CareerSTAT Healthcare Workforce Development Academy. As a Champion organization with a long history…
The National Fund network consists of dozens of effective local workforce development professionals leading efforts in their communities to connect individuals with work and to provide businesses with skilled employees. Their skills and insights drive the National Fund, and we…
Business, Community and Philanthropic Leaders Gathered to Celebrate a Decade of Changing Lives “There’s dignity in opportunity,” said Peter Scher, Head of Corporate Responsibility at JPMorgan Chase & Co., “...The National Fund works. It changes people’s lives and it changes…
This November the National Fund kicks off its inaugural Healthcare Workforce Development Academy to help 11 healthcare organizations accelerate investments in the skill and career development of their frontline employees. Supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the year-long Academy aims to assist human resource and workforce professionals…
The National Fund announced that it is awarding $900,000 in grants made possible through a grant from Walmart to the Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative, Central Iowa Works (an initiative of United Way of Central Iowa) and SkillUp Washington. The grants…