Financial Football with Visa
LAEDC’s Workforce Development team partnered with Visa to host Financial Football on February 11th at NFL headquarters for high school students in the Los Angeles region.
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CCW 2020-2021 Annual Report
Each year, CCW has implemented new diverse and innovative strategies and initiatives to strengthen existing and to grow new partnerships between employers and community colleges, as well as many diverse … Continued
LA Wave article: Community colleges play vital role in minority communities
How do we improve diversity, equity and inclusion in key Los Angeles industries? An article in the Los Angeles Wave newspapers highlights the importance of our region’s community colleges, with … Continued
New Report: Middle-Skill Occupations through the Lens of Race and Ethnicity
This new report published by LAEDC and partner COE for Labor Market Excellence explores workforce diversity and opportunities for more widely shared prosperity
Visual shows results of CCW college-industry engagement, from LAEDC’s work
Center for a Competitive Workforce, powered by LAEDC has been delivering amazing results this year. Take a quick look at the engagement happening between industry leaders and community college faculty … Continued
LAEDC’s work with CCW is delivering transformative change for LA’s community college system & students
LAEDC is connecting community colleges with industry to inspire new programs, faculty professional development, work-based learning and jobs and local talent pipelines
Well-paying careers are accessible: KPCC taps panelist Jessica Ku Kim of LAEDC to help job seekers
Gain advice on starting a new career to take advantage of in-demand occupations that pay well in Los Angeles County, via this panel of experts, recorded April 28.
WorkingNation’s Art Bilger warns structural unemployment increasing due to automation
LAEDC board member Art Bilger says jobs are disappearing due to the unprecedented pace of automation, and investment is needed in workforce reskilling
Careers requiring no degrees featured by Working Nation, part of focus on future of work
Working Nation continues to highlight the changing nature of work as our economy transitions to a more automation and AI, trends eliminating many job tasks.
LAEDC’s new report on LA’s industries shows region’s strengths
LAEDC’s Institute for Applied Economics published a must-see summary of the top industries in Los Angeles County, providing wages, employment levels and data about the subsectors in major industries
LA’s gaming industry, talent requirements explored at Digital Media & Entertainment Council
“Home Alone: Gaming Explosion During COVID” was the topic of the March 12th LAEDC Digital Media & Entertainment Council, where Michael Zhang, CEO of Firefly Games and a panel of experts discussed the fast growth and future of the gaming industry in the Greater Los Angeles region
Opportunities in Global Commerce: Middle Skill Jobs at LA Basin Air and Sea Ports
Center for a Competitive Workforce, has a new report about jobs in the seaport and airport industry in the Los Angeles Basin, to help community college faculty adapt programs to … Continued
LAist highlights well-paying “Essential” jobs accessible quickly, and profiles LAEDC’s findings in CCW report
LAist (KPCC) wrote about workers transitioning to well-paying careers by utilizing the community college system, citing the workers in essential industries report published by Center for a Competitive Workforce (CCW). … Continued
Fledgling filmmakers get advice at meeting of Digital Media & Entertainment Council
This quarterly meeting of LAEDC’s Digital Media & Entertainment Industry Council featured a keynote presentation by Larry Laboe, Co-founder and Executive Director, New Filmmakers Los Angeles.
Essential Frontline Workers during COVID explored by LAEDC in new CCW report
The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the critical importance of essential workers. LAEDC analyzes the occupations, trends, wages, and equity issues in our essential industries
LAEDC’s Jessica Ku Kim leads workforce session at CA Economic Summit
At this week’s California Economic Summit, LAEDC’s Jessica Ku Kim is leading statewide collaboration with other EDCs and workforce development stakeholders to develop a prototype for regional employer engagement to connect talent development systems with employers throughout the state.
Industry Clusters of LA County: competitive strengths, employment detailed in LAEDC study
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ZEV automotive technician career opportunity strong, says Tesla at E4 meeting
Talent pipelines and diversity were discussed at the e4 meeting Nov 12th, on the topic of Cool Jobs in a Hot Industry: Tesla and ZEVs. The meeting’s purpose was to advance equitable access to well-paying jobs
Bioscience industry activity in LA County is increasing: State of the Industry event explores workforce
Bioscience activity in LA County is up, with more jobs, more investment, more incubators and infrastructure, and new resources to aid collaboration
The increasing need for university educated workforce in SoCal is explored in new report
Meeting the workforce needs in high-growth industries relies upon continuous collaboration between industry and educators, according to CSUN / LAEDC report
Entertainment execs at Future Forum: COVID driving major change, new uses for gaming platforms
Future Forum: The Future of Entertainment explored ways in which production, content delivery and more have changed in Entertainment
Center for a Competitive Workforce shows progress as partnership with LAEDC continues
LAEDC’s partnership with the 19 community colleges in the LA Basin continued to deliver results, facilitating industry-education partnerships and work-based learning opportunities, benefitting the very diverse student body attending our … Continued
Overcoming challenges: stories of perseverance and assistance in LAEDC 2020 Annual Report
LAEDC’s annual report tells the stories of many businesses and their employees who have faced unprecedented crisis in 2020 and managed to move ahead. Read a few of their stories … Continued
LA’s ocean economy explored in two Altasea webinars
LAEDC’s Bill Allen was one of several panelists in a pair of recent webinars, discussing the potential for LA County to create more innovation businesses and jobs in the “blue” or ocean economy. Following up on the recent LAEDC report, The Ocean Economy in Los Angeles County, speakers from several innovation businesses discussed LA’s opportunity