Each immigrant community faces its own unique employment obstacles. For immigrants of the African and Haitian diaspora, a persistent challenge is “brain drain” – the underemployment of professionals with foreign degrees and high-caliber work experience. To address this disparity, the
Due to the COVID-19 health crisis, regulations around certifications for healthcare workers have changed in many cases. Below is a review of some of the more significant changes. Changed regulations in ALL healthcare settings Healthcare providers’ licenses that recently expired
A panel of employers and workforce development professionals convened at Wayfair headquarters March 27 to weigh in on a new report exploring the capabilities of Boston workers without bachelor’s degrees. The report, Untapped: Redefining Hiring in the New Economy, found
When Luis Roman thinks of why he likes his job, he thinks of a recent day when he was manning the Patient Access Services desk in Boston Medical Center’s radiology department. On this particular day, he saw a woman in
On a warm Moroccan night in May 2015, Khalid Bachir looked at his computer screen and screamed for joy. It was midnight. His mother, father and twin brother awoke, startled, in the house they shared. Bachir stared disbelievingly at his
When the Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development (OWD) released a labor market study last March, the findings showed how much work was needed to address the city’s economic disparities: The average Boston resident, the report found, makes just over $35,000 a year, an income that barely covers expenses for many
Neil Sullivan pointed to a set of numbers projected before a room of educators, workforce development experts, and life sciences professionals at MassBioEd Foundation. “That doesn’t happen,” said Sullivan, executive director of the Boston Private Industry Council (PIC), looking at
When he first arrived in the United States 10 years ago, Richard Mutyabule made ends meet for his family by taking a job as a pathology research assistant. For some, it might have been a decent job. But Mutyabule had
On a recent Wednesday afternoon, job-seekers crowded a hushed room at Jewish Vocational Services’ (JVS) career center, while another dozen had to be turned away at the door. Packing chairs to the last row, the lucky ones took out notepads
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) today celebrated 15 graduates of an initiative designed to provide career advancement opportunities to BIDMC employees and meet diverse staffing needs. Since BIDMC’s Workforce Development Department launched the Pipeline Programs in 2004, more than