If Pennsylvania’s new high school graduation standards had been in place in 2018 and 2019, just 35% of Philadelphia’s public school students would have been able to graduate based on their test scores alone. From: WHYY (Read more.)
For people who are returning home from prison, news that the labor market has become a little more friendly is encouraging. Still, according to a report released by the Brookings Institution in January, 45% of returning citizens find themselves without work a year after their release. | From: Love Now Media (Read more.)
Schneps Media, owner of Metro Philly, is hosting a webinar with Women in Nontraditional Careers (WINC) that will provide information, guidance and support for women and girls considering a high-paying career in the trades. | From: Metro Philly (Read more.)
Women are more likely than men to stay home when their kids’ school or day care closes, according to a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation. It also found women left their jobs in droves because of pandemic safety concerns. On the whole, women’s workforce participation is the lowest it’s been in 33 years, according to the National Women’s Law Center. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
The low rate could be a sign of impending recovery, but it could also mean the state has yet to catch up to Great Resignation trends of those that reopened sooner, says this researcher. | From: Technical.ly (Read more.)
The PropelPHL platform is the coalition’s newest innovative approach to address the challenges many Philly job seekers face. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
North Philadelphia real estate developer SHIFT Capital and a coalition of area community groups signed a community benefits agreement promising construction jobs and affordable housing in exchange for support of an apartment complex to rise next to the Beury Building on North Broad Street. | From WHYY (Read more.)
When Pennsylvania made it easier to apply for unemployment benefits last month, it also gave scammers a new opportunity.
Unemployment benefits fraud “appears to have really exploded,” said Alex Halper, Director of Government Affairs with the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry. | From WHYY (Read more.)
The St. Louis-based nonprofit LaunchCode has recently come to Philly to fuel our tech talent pipeline, with training and job placement that support marginalized candidates. | From The Citizen (Read more.)
New research out of Philadelphia puts a fine point on the correlation between chronic unemployment and gun violence in neighborhoods with high instances of violence. | From WHYY (Read more.)
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