Tag Archives: workforce

BBJ: Catalyte to spin out workforce retraining platform, RetrainAmerica, as independent entity

Posted on January 26, 2021
RetrainAmerica builds on Catalyte's existing thesis that workers with varying skill sets can be "retrained" to fill in-demand tech roles.
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Gregory Fowler, Ph.D., named President of University of Maryland Global Campus

Posted on December 14, 2020
Fowler comes to UMGC after nearly nine years at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU), where he served in a dual role as chief academic officer and vice president for academic affairs before being elevated to president of SNHU’s Global Campus in September 2018.
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Oswald Companies and RCM&D announce strategic merger

Posted on December 8, 2020
With the merger, Unison Risk Advisors will be 100 percent employee-owned and will rank among the 30 largest brokerage firms.
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WBAL NewsRadio: President of the Greater Baltimore Committee speaks on family supporting jobs and breaking disparities

Posted on October 22, 2020
"Our board of directors felt that rather than looking just at the current workforce, they wanted to look ahead, look 10 years out from a regional perspective," said Fry.
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BBJ: Catalyte trains Baltimore residents to be software developers, city employees through new partnership

Posted on October 22, 2020
Hsu noted that the fellowship model could also save the city money, and prevent the need to outsource when it needs IT help or new tech tools. For what it typically costs to hire one IT consultant, Catalyte can produce four or five fellows, he said.
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Technical.ly: Web developer is one of Baltimore’s top 20 family-supporting jobs

Posted on October 20, 2020
It points to areas where tech skills can lead to more jobs. Getting to that point will require a focus on workforce development and education by the business community, the report states. It also means a focus on education and training that is inclusive, and barriers.
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Baltimore Sun: Greater Baltimore Committee report identifies top family-supporting jobs in region over next decade

Posted on October 20, 2020
The business advocacy group recommended an array of ways to match workforce training and education with those jobs and to address workforce barriers such as structural racism and gender inequities.
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BBJ: Construction, medical and IT jobs lead list of top local growth industries, GBC report says

Posted on October 20, 2020
The Greater Baltimore Committee, a nonprofit group of regional business leaders that spearheaded the report, is expected to make recommendations on the study's findings over the coming months for academic and training courses.
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The Daily Record: Report identifies top family-supporting jobs in next decade

Posted on October 20, 2020
The report found the top 20 growing occupations that do not require a four-year degree, that pay a minimum of $22 an hour and are in the business services, construction, health care or information technology industry.
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Greater Baltimore Committee issues Workforce Development Report

Posted on October 19, 2020
The report, Preparing for the Future: A Regional Workforce Development Initiative, includes more than 50 recommendations to ensure the region has a pipeline of skilled workers to fill high growth family-supporting jobs.
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