build it back
Rare Praise for City’s Build it Back Program
Jarrett Murphy |
For all its well-documented struggles with delays, the program can also claim milestone achievements for hiring and training local workers, says one community coalition.
For all its well-documented struggles with delays, the program can also claim milestone achievements for hiring and training local workers, says one community coalition.
What New Yorkers need is a climate plan that establishes high quality job standards and a strong workforce development system.
An advocacy group says the Summer Youth Employment Program, a valuable but limited tool, ought to be improved and expanded to increase the connection between what city kids study in the classroom and their entry into the job market.
Jackson Heights is a long way from Jakarta or other places involved in the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership. But at least one business owner there thinks the trade deal is a bad one for U.S. workers and consumers, and for the president’s legacy.
The five boroughs are outpacing the 50 states when it comes to output, and unemployment rates have fallen for all five boroughs. But there was also a record drop in the number of New Yorkers who are either in a job or looking for one.
And that’s distressing, given the increasingly robust economy—and the likelihood that the Fed will soon tap the brakes.
An expert weighs in on the four key issues facing minority and women-owned business enterprises and the government agencies that are supposed to hire them. Watch the videos!
A recent survey asked workers to rank the most and least meaningful jobs. But this video report finds that meaning is in the eye of the beholder. Breaking into meaningful work, says one career veteran, is about meeting people.
How do you explain getting fired? How do you talk about a health issue that affected your work? What do you do if someone has discriminated against you? City Limits job seekers’ resource, Worksite, gets frank advice from a veteran career counselor on navigating tricky interview topics.
The growing health industry is not just about caring for patients. Managing health information is a big part of modern medical care, and for job seekers who are more interested in crunching data than taking pulses, a new report has key insights.