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The Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board kicked off its eighth annual Imagine! Career Week Monday morning with 120 employers, educators and community partners seeking to prepare area youth to step into the many jobs now held by people nearing retirement.

Source: WESA-FM

The fourth Thursday of April is Take Your Child To Work Day, and lands on April 25 this year. This is the 20th anniversary of Take Our Daughters and Sons To Work Day—as it is officially called. This year's theme is "work in progress." Click here to view a copy of the Congress and Senate resolution dedicating April 25 as Take Our Daughters and Sons To Work Day.

Source: Patch.com

Stefani Pashman and Kevin Perkey discuss Imagine! Career Week with Audrey Russo and Charlie Batch on techVIBE radio. Click to listen

Source: Pittbsburgh Technology Council

The Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board (3RWIB) has announced plans for its 7th annual Imagine! Career Week, being held from April 22-26, 2013. Sponsored by Citizens Bank Foundation, Imagine! Career Week celebrates the diversity of career opportunities available in the Pittsburgh region and helps students consider a wide range of career fields.

Source: Patch.com

The Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board will host the seventh annual Imagine! Career Week April 22-26 to promote a diversity of careers found in the region.

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The nursing shortage in the United States has been well-documented and well-publicized. Registered nurses represent the largest health care occupation with more than 2.6 million jobs nationally, and the employment of registered nurses is expected to grow by 22 percent or more by 2018, according to the Department of Labor, in spite of the recent recession.

Source: Pittsburgh Business Times

As the wave of baby boomers nears retirement, manufacturers are discovering they not only have a skills gap when it comes to production jobs, but also mid-level and senior management positions.

Source: Pittsburgh Business Times

dck worldwide, parent company of dck pacific construction, announced the promotion of Joe Belechak to Chief Operating Officer of the company. Belechak joined dck back in October 2012.

Source: Pacific News Center

3 Rivers WIB CEO Stefani Pashman comments on the State of the Union address in this letter to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

What advice would you have for young professionals looking to move up in their careers? “Here’s my top 10. First, remember the advice your mom gave you at the dinner table: ‘Try everything on your plate and never say you don’t like it until you’ve tried it.’ Second, there is no substitute for the investment of time. You have to invest a tremendous amount of time, in the office, outside the office, at 3 a.m. when you wake up thinking of how to solve a work problem. The more you experience, the more people you meet, the more you learn, the more you think about creative solutions to problems, the better you will be, and all those things take time.

Source: Pittsburgh Business Times

This story by Malia Spencer of the Pittsburgh Business Times focuses on Auberle's work to create or modify training programs aimed at preparing young people for jobs.

Source: Pittsburgh Business Times

The Jewish Healthcare Foundation recently announced its annual grantmaking and refers to its relationship with Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board.

Source: The Jewish Chronicle

TRWIB's aging workforce report, "Does Age Matter," referenced in this article by the Pittsburgh Business Times.

Source: Pittsburgh Business Times

The hiring outlook for Pittsburgh in 2013 appears to be strong.

Source: Pittsburgh Business Times

A Pittsburgh-based study is showing females in the region tend to pursue careers in a select number of fields, while men are represented in more industries.The analysis is part of Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board's (TRWIB) research on various segments in the labor industry.

Source: WESA-FM

Bernadette Collins was 24 and a newlywed when her husband, a steelworker, was laid off from his job in 1982.

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Limited employer engagement, failure to identify and share best practices, and programs operating below capacity are only a few factors causing problems for those trying to help the unemployed in southwestern Pennsylvania.

Source: WESA-FM

When Edward Gerjuoy started teaching at the University of Pittsburgh in 1964, the Beatles had invaded America, boys played with a new G.I. Joe action figure and a generation reared on the make-believe of television faced harsh Cold War realities.

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune Review

TRWIB's newest board members were recognized in the People and Awards section of the online Pittsburgh Business Times.

Source: Pittsburgh Business Times

Pittsburgh's diverse labor market and small-city atmosphere make it attractive to young people, according to a panel at the University of Pittsburgh on Tuesday, but the city should do more to attract young adults of diverse ethnicities, and local youngsters should vote more often.

Source: WESA-FM