The Center for Smart Building Technology at Roxbury Community College (RCC) has recently completed its $700,000 lab to train students for careers operating and maintaining smart buildings. More than 80% of commercial construction is estimated to include some form of
The City of Boston is launching a new multilingual marketing campaign to support the revitalization of Boston’s restaurant industry. The two-pronged campaign – which will encompass radio, digital, social, and print formats – will encourage job-seekers to pursue opportunities in restaurant work,
In their largest disbursement of at least the past 15 years, the trustees of the Neighborhood Jobs Trust (NJT) approved the dispersal of $2.7 million to 30 local job training and education programs that serve low- and middle-income residents. These
Like many new immigrants, Supinah Hodges was excited to start her first job in the United States. She had learned some English, taken computer classes, and finally gotten a job at a Dunkin Donuts in Cambridge. The hourly wages surpassed
The Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development is collaborating with the Mayor’s Office of Economic Development (OED) to create a new Restaurant Revitalization Fund to assist local restaurants in their reopening and recovery from COVID-19. The fund will provide these businesses
Partners for Youth with Disabilities (PYD) didn’t just pivot to remote learning during the pandemic. The program pirouetted into all-new creative territory, revamping its career readiness lessons into playful mini-dramas and travelogues. Some instant classics: A job search lesson from
As part of its efforts to align funding strategies with community needs, the Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development (OWD) recently surveyed a large group of grantees to learn more about programs’ transition to remote and hybrid programming. The findings offer
Mayor Kim Janey wants Boston families to know about vital available money that can make their children’s lives better. This year, the federal government is expanding the Child Tax Credit (CTC) and sending advance payments (of $250-300 per child) to
In her welcome to Boston Public Schools (BPS) students outside City Hall Thursday, Disabilities Commissioner Kristen McCosh encouraged them to “learn a lot, ask a lot of questions” of the banks and credit unions that had come to meet with
The one-year anniversary of the pandemic gave many an opportunity to reminiscence about the Before Times – those golden days when people met and worked in-person, and even (eek!) shook hands. But this March Susan Buckey, director of employer engagement