Center for a Competitive Workforce (CCW), of which LAEDC is a partner, has published a new report analyzing the Entertainment & Digital Media Industry in the Los Angeles Basin. The…
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Center for a Competitive Workforce will soon release a report about the Entertainment and Digital Media Industry in Los Angeles. The report will, for the first time, quantify the jobs…
Economist Steven Banks, Ph.D. looks at the coming wave of autonomous trucks and examines the technology and related workforce issues. As the freight capital of the U.S., the Greater Los…
Digital skills becoming increasingly essential for well-paying “middle skill” jobs, as highlighted by Brookings Institution and this article in Marketwatch. This one chart sums up what’s happening to America’s ‘good’…
Center for a Competitive Workforce, of which LAEDC is a founding partner, has released a new report suggesting the need for more “middle-skill” talent to fill occupations in Los Angeles…
A report will pair data about college grads with data about business needs, to expose opportunities to teach new skills and facilitate more partnerships between business and colleges. The report,…
LAEDC is hiring a Workforce Development Manager, to facilitate career technical education (CTE) program and curricula development in coordination with the 29 community colleges based in LA and Orange Counties…
In response to the growing concern about the fast transitioning economy and job markets, which are becoming increasingly more technical and specialized, LA County’s 19 Community Colleges have agreed to launch and co-invest in the region’s first Center for a Competitive Workforce, which will be housed at the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC). The Center will deliver on the vision of the statewide Strong Workforce Program with new and better coordination by combining research on the supply of and demand for talent, which may incite changes across the state in how Strong Workforce is implemented.
LAEDC has published the 2017 People, Industries and Jobs Report, which provides in-depth analysis of key industries and occupations for the Los Angeles region, including occupational forecasts. This report was…
LAEDC supports Senate Bill SB 436 (Allen) which would address the growing shortage of qualified science and math teachers by funding a demonstrated program to recruit, train and support additional teaching…