First published by HR Dive, July 26, 2018.  In 2013, Laszlo Bock, then senior vice president of people operations at Google, revealed to The New York Times in an interview something most businesses probably already knew: GPAs were “worthless as a criteria for hiring, and test...

First published by Walmart, March 22, 2018.  Technology is quickly changing how we live our lives, helping to make so many things easier, cheaper and faster. It’s also changing the way we work. Research suggests that innovations like artificial intelligence have the potential to...

First published by MassLive, March 6, 2018.  Springfield Works will use $75,000 it received last week from the state to expand efforts to mentor and guide job seekers all the way from initial assessment to employment. Director Anne Shecrallah Kandilis said Springfield Works will also...

First published by MassLive, January 24, 2018.  In Puerto Rico, Omyra Merced worked at several hotels planning events. “I worked in tourism and event planning, doing weddings and parties, things like that,” she said Wednesday. “After the hurricane, many of...

  Veterans and their spouses have the right skills. On this Veteran’s Day, our thoughts turn to those who have served and are serving our nation in the military. There is often talk of sacrifice and service, but most of our population has very little understanding of what our...

First published by SHRM, November 7, 2017.  A poor understanding of how job skills transfer among occupations—especially from occupations in decline to in-demand fields—is one of the biggest reasons for the nation’s skills gap. But employers and job seekers can...

  First published by Dusty Weis, Association of Equipment Manufacturers At the urging of local officials, contractors on the $524 million project have approached hiring challenges with bold, unconventional workforce development strategies that help people get needed job training....

First published by Jim Kinney at MASSLive.com, October 25, 2017.  Baystate Health has 12,000 employees and makes about 1,400 new hires a year of folks from outside its system, said President and CEO Mark Keroack. And as the city’s largest employer,...

First published by SHRM, October 12, 2017.  A new study highlights how several states are helping students choose what to study depending on the skills local employers say they need. The report from Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW), a...

More and more people are trying to better understand the future of work and why the U.S. has more open jobs – more than 6 million – than at any time in our history. In September, former VP Joe Biden hosted an event Choosing a Future of Quality...

First published by I-95 Business, October, 2017. Cybersecurity is one of this century’s most urgent global imperatives. Financial damages are measured in the trillions of dollars and are a result of the proliferation of digital devices into every aspect of our daily lives in pursuit...

Why is it that each day we see a story about a company that can’t find workers, communities without jobs, and graduates not finding work? It’s not that we don’t have jobs.  We have 6.2 million unfilled jobs in the U.S., more than at any time in our history. It’s not that we...