Tech companies, not surprisingly, expressed greater interest in the skilled, educated, and entrepreneurial than in the tired, poor, and huddled. More than 40 percent of respondents were in favor of more visas for skilled workers. One exception is Chase Norlin,
WORKFOCE ACCELERATOR FUND SHOWCASE May 12-14, Orange County Hyatt Moderator Amy Wallace, Assistant Director for Workforce Innovation, California Workforce Investment Board Presenters Mary Fuller, COO, Hack the Hood Chase Norlin, Executive Director, Transmosis Erick Serrato, Deputy Director, Pacific Gateway WIB
Francine Hardaway This past weekend I spent the morning as a volunteer for SySTEM Schools at a job fair for teachers called the Great Arizona Teach-In. Sponsored by the Arizona Department of Education, the Teach-In is an in-person exchange where
By Jacquelyn Smith It’s important to remember that every interview is a two-way street. You should be interviewing the employer just as much as they’re interviewing you because you both need to walk away convinced that the job would be a
Food preparation workers and restaurant servers are among the low-wage employees studied by UC Berkeley researchers. Above, salad makers prepare lunch at Tender Greens in Santa Monica last year. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) By CHRIS KIRKHAM California’s low-wage workers
By Dori Harpaz DevOps is a hot field and there are plenty of opportunities out there—but not all DevOps jobs and departments are created equal. At Incapsula, we work closely with DevOps teams responsible for the security, speed, and availability of
Hayley RingleReporter- Phoenix Business JournalEmail  |  Twitter  |  LinkedIn  |  Google+ Getting more women into STEM careers means getting more girls interested in those fields in elementary school, and keeping that interest stoked through high school, according to Mitzi Montoya, vice president and dean of Arizona State University’sEntrepreneurship and
By David R. Wheeler David R. Wheeler is a writer and journalism professor living in Lexington, Kentucky. Follow him on Twitter @David_R_Wheeler. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. (CNN)Sunday’s announcement that Corinthian Colleges Inc. would shut down all
By Joel Kotkin & Mark Schill Joel Kotkin, Editor of NewGeography.com and Presidential fellow in urban futures at Chapman University. Mark Schill, Vice President of Research at Praxis Strategy Group, an economic development and research firm working with communities and states
By Christopher Ingraham “#GetItDone: Office workers want technology to help them get things done anywhere, sunrise to sunset.” That’s the chipper headline of a Microsoft infographic that’s currently going viral on social media, although not for the reasons the company intended. The ad pairs findings
