Partner4Work News
On December 4, representatives from Pittsburgh-area workforce development providers and community organizations attended a first-of-its kind event, presented by Partner4Work and the Pittsburgh Black Elected Officials Coalition, on connecting to the public workforce system.
Local workforce development boards, including Partner4Work, will serve as fiscal agents for up to $4.6 million in Next Generation Industry Partnership grants across the commonwealth through the PAsmart program.
Earl Buford, chief executive officer, talks with the Pittsburgh Business Times about the future at Partner4Work.
Last week Partner4Work, the workforce development agency for Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, announced the hiring of a new chief executive. Our city is fortunate to attract one of the nation’s top workforce professionals, Earl Buford.
If the Pittsburgh region lands Amazon’s second headquarters, then it will soon be confronted with another challenge: How to fill the 50,000 jobs that Amazon expects HQ2 will need.
Source: Pittsburgh Business Times
Partner4Work's Vera Krekanova Krofcheck discusses the study to understand the causes and consequences of a shrinking labor force in a booming economy.
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Source: Pittsburgh Business Times
The announced $3 billion in investments from the region's leading hospital system should provide an abundance of well-paying job opportunities for Pittsburgh-area job seekers. But will Pittsburgh have enough technically trained people to fill the demand?
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Google CEO Sundar Pichai announces Grow with Google, a five-year initiative to provide $1 billion to non-profits across the globe to address digital literacy and job skills.
Source: Pittsburgh Business Times
NEXT Pittsburgh interviews Partner4Work Board member and ambassador Will Allen, former safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Source: NEXT Pittsburgh
The Allegheny Conference on Community Development made the right move by naming Stefani Pashman as CEO, effective Oct. 2.
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Earlier this year, Sarah Peterson of Friendship made the transition from working in nonprofit communications to a career in coding.
She did that by completing a coding bootcamp at Academy Pittsburgh in May. While hunting for a job, Peterson said those hiring and at networking events were generally positive about that experience — and her lack of a bachelors in a related field.
Source: The Incline
The Allegheny Conference on Community Development has found a new leader, one with deep understanding of the Pittsburgh region’s workforce challenges.
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Stefani Pashman has been named CEO of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, effective Oct. 2.
Source: Pittsburgh Business Times
PITTSBURGH – Stefani Pashman has been named chief executive officer of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development and its affiliates, effective Oct. 2. She succeeds Dennis Yablonsky, who earlier this year announced his decision to step down from the position at the end of 2017.
Source: Washington Observer-Reporter
The Allegheny Conference on Community Development has named Stefani Pashman its new CEO..
Pashman, the current CEO of Partner4Work in Pittsburgh, will take over the post from Dennis Yablonsky, who plans to retire.
Source: Pittsburgh Tribune Review
Partner4Work, the organization
Source: Pittsburgh Business Times
Next City explores the maker movement at 7800 Susquehanna Street in Homewood.
Source: Next City