911 call centers cope with more calls, fewer workers
GCN
APRIL 22, 2024
Staff shortages are forcing emergency call center workers to pick up more overtime, work longer hours, adding extra pressure to an already stressful job, a new survey found.
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A tech pipeline for rural communities: West Virginia joins AWS Tech Alliance
AWS Public Sector Blog
JANUARY 10, 2024
Last year, Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched the AWS Skills to Jobs Tech Alliance to improve the employment gap by increasing tech skills globally. The Tech Alliance will work with a wide range of organizations in the public and private sector to create – and keep – good paying and high growth jobs in West Virginia.
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Warehousing and Quality of Jobs in the Inland Empire
Policy Chats
JANUARY 19, 2024
Johannes Moenius, Peggi Hazlett, Sheheryar Kaoosji, and Dr. Juan De Lara talk with the University of California, Riverside Inland Center for Sustainable Development about t he impacts of logistics and warehousing on employment and quality of jobs in the Inland Region. Guests: Dr. Johannes Moenius (William R.
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The CX-EX Connection
GovLoop
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Giving employees the tools and environment they need to do their jobs has a profound impact on how well they can serve the public. Employees are the experts on their own jobs, and they rate their job satisfaction higher when they’re involved in decisions that affect their work.
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How to set up MATLAB parallel cloud computing on AWS for researchers
AWS Public Sector Blog
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
In this blog post, we walk through how to integrate MathWorks Cloud Center with AWS in order to accelerate scientific computation and innovation. How to set up MathWorks Cloud Center on AWS. Set up MathWorks Cloud Center for AWS walkthrough. Set up MathWorks Cloud Center for AWS walkthrough. An AWS account.
AWS skills training programs open doors to tech careers for Virginia workers
AWS Public Sector Blog
APRIL 18, 2023
There are numerous jobs both in and around data centers including data center technicians, electricians, fiber optic technicians, HVAC specialists, and many more. In 2020 alone, AWS investment in the construction and operation of data centers contributed $1.3 Visit the AWS Skills Center.
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Four Years After the Pandemic, Work-From-Home Trends Reshape Residential Choices and Real Estate
Community and Economic Development Program of UNC
APRIL 5, 2024
Job listings suggest that the Triangle and Charlotte areas will continue to offer work-from-home flexibility. More than 1 in 10 online job postings in Durham, Wake, and Mecklenburg guarantee some remote option to job applicants, the highest rate among other North Carolina counties.
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How Does Grant Writing Experience Help Me Get a Job?
Grant Training Center
AUGUST 21, 2023
Grant writing expertise can be a valuable asset when you’re seeking a job. Even if the job itself is not directly related to grant writing, many of the skills you develop in writing and implementing grants strongly relate to superior job attributes.
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SB 150: Increasing Job Quality and Creating a More Equitable Workforce
Policy Chats
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
In this episode, California State Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about increasing equity and job quality with the groundbreaking California Senate Bill 150. "We have tremendous state agencies that have tremendous resources, some of the most creative minds in this state.
How Politics Wastes Tax Dollars in Tax Incentives
Barrett & Greene
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
The evidence and commentary provided by these experts points clearly to the idea that a relatively small portion of the money that goes to tax incentives truly attracts or retains jobs in individual cities or states. But they should. But the real reasons behind most economic development deals aren’t things for which they can take credit.
How Soft Skills Can Help You Land Your Next Job
GovLoop
JANUARY 30, 2023
If you’re looking for an edge to help you get a new job, consider this: What’s the most significant problem you’ve solved in the workplace? Those are examples of questions that employers might use to deeper an understanding of a job candidate’s fit for a job, according to a blog pos t at Indeed.com, a popular job site.
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Federal Workforce Funding Available Through New Grant Program
NLC (National League of Cities)
APRIL 13, 2023
The recently launched Building Pathways to Infrastructure Jobs Grant Program includes funding available to local governments to develop, strengthen, and scale worker-centered sector strategies that build equitable pathways to infrastructure jobs.
Sen. Smallwood-Cuevas: SB 150: Creating a More Equitable Workforce
Policy Chats
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
In this episode, California State Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about increasing equity and job quality with the groundbreaking California Senate Bill 150. "We have tremendous state agencies that have tremendous resources, some of the most creative minds in this state.
SB 150: Creating a More Equitable Workforce w/ Senator Smallwood Cuevas
Policy Chats
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
In this episode, California State Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about increasing equity and job quality with the groundbreaking California Senate Bill 150. "We have tremendous state agencies that have tremendous resources, some of the most creative minds in this state.
Navigating Your Career in Parks and Recreation
Let's Talk Parks
APRIL 13, 2021
Choosing a job in Parks and Recreation is incredibly rewarding, yet is faced with a number of challenges. There are many jobs you can choose from when it comes to Parks and Recreation – aquatics, camps, facilities, maintenance. What does a job in Parks and Recreation look like?
Strategies for Landing Your Dream Job in Parks & Recreation
Let's Talk Parks
MARCH 2, 2022
The job landscape looks so different in mid/post-pandemic world, and the typical ways of volunteering and shadowing may not be available like they used to be. OpenToWork – Strategies for Landing Your Dream Job We’ve been getting a lot of questions about finding work right now. I had a hard time finding a job out of College.
Dress for Success program partners with New Haven Housing Authority
The Whistle Post
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
New Haven’s location is open once a month, by appointment only, to be scheduled by participating agencies , including job training and employment companies. It is located in the community center of Elm City Communities’ Mill River Crossing housing complex. She also landed a new job. They also get trained on interview skills.
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Building a Pivot-Ready Organization: A Cloud Culture
GovLoop
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
Employees need to understand what’s happening and why, and how it will affect their jobs. Listen to your staff,” said Susan Little, Director of the Division of Records and Information Systems at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Records Officer. And managers must instill trust. Everyone wants the shiny object.
New Mexico delivers customer-obsessed human services programs powered by AWS
AWS Public Sector Blog
APRIL 3, 2024
Harrison’s tenure as customer innovation director has focused on three key service delivery touchpoints: HSD’s consolidated customer service center, their unified portal, and their one-stop shop (coming this year). For example, state employees, including contact center workers, had to pack up their desks immediately. It was awesome.”
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How Well Do You Listen to Your Co-Workers?
GovLoop
AUGUST 18, 2023
Active listening is one of those soft skills everyone agrees is critical to success on the job but that few people take time to define except in the most general terms. In a recent article, the job site Indeed.com identified 11 specific skills that you can practice. The Center for Creative Leadership offers another take here.
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Inspiring the next generation of cloud professionals with Google’s Career Readiness Program
Google Public Sector
DECEMBER 21, 2022
Kentucky experienced significant job shortages when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in spring of 2020. 1 Google Cloud and the University of Louisville aim to address the cloud workforce shortage and place Kentucky students on a path toward long-term, higher-paying jobs. Like many states across the U.S.,
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AWS investment in South Africa results in economic ripple effect
AWS Public Sector Blog
APRIL 13, 2023
A passionate team of AWS developers and engineers in Cape Town, South Africa, created a single virtual server instance allowing South African customers to access practically unlimited cloud computing capacity without needing an on-premises data center. Since then, AWS has invested ZAR 15.6 View a larger version of the image here.
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A year in review at the Partnership for Public Service
Partnership for Public Service
JANUARY 2, 2024
We celebrated the 2023 Sammies honorees at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Heyman Service to America Medals at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., These campus visits helped students and career advisors better understand government career opportunities and how to apply to federal jobs. The Samuel J. October 17, 2023.
Beware or Prepare? How to Work with AI
GovLoop
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Will it expand the scope of your job, or put it at risk? The focus of researchers — as well as managers, entrepreneurs, and policymakers — should therefore be not only on AI’s automation or augmentation potential but also on job redesign.” AI doesn’t come with agency-centered values. I think both are warranted,” said Kinnard.
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Bipartisan leaders Senator Shaheen and former Governor Hogan explain the importance of working across all levels of government
Partnership for Public Service
OCTOBER 12, 2023
The Partnership’s Center for Presidential Transition® and Deloitte recently released “ The States of Our Union, ” a new resource about how presidential transition teams can prepare to work with state, local, tribal and territorial officials to accomplish big things for a new administration or a second term. Left to right: U.
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Modernized workforce development solutions for our evolving world
Google Public Sector
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
Our solution suite includes: Efficient operations tools like automated paper intake processing ( Document AI ), support workflow automation ( Contact Center AI ), and scaled translation tools ( Translation AI ) to help workforce & education partners streamline operations and save time and labor. Yolo County, Calif.,
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Skills are the Currency of the Global Workforce
Public Sector Future
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
In this conversation, we discuss what this investment means for green jobs and women, and how we can expect the job market to shift in coming years. microsoft/podcasts
Skills are the Currency of the Global Workforce
Public Sector Future
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
In this conversation, we discuss what this investment means for green jobs and women, and how we can expect the job market to shift in coming years. microsoft/podcasts
AWS Tech Alliance expands to Germany, Italy and Singapore
AWS Public Sector Blog
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
In June, 2023, at the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Summit in Washington DC, the AWS Skills to Jobs Tech Alliance initiative was announced to improve the employment gap by increasing tech skills globally. This alliance focuses on providing pathways to jobs in digital product development and engineering.
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Green Infrastructure Training and Skill Development
First State Insights
APRIL 5, 2021
To learn more about the Delaware Center for Horticulture, visit thedch.org. To learn more about the Delaware Center for Horticulture, visit thedch.org. This interview was recorded on March 10, 2021. Learn more about IPA at ipa.udel.edu. Opening and closing music: "I Dunno" by Grapes, used under Creative Commons 3.0
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How EdTech and workforce development companies drive business success through AWS Marketplace
AWS Public Sector Blog
APRIL 10, 2024
Worldwide, more than 550 governments and 3,100 higher education institutions use Coursera’s enterprise learning platform to equip their students, citizens, and government employees with in-demand skills and prepare them for job success.
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Our cross-country journey to find diverse federal talent
Partnership for Public Service
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Deploying a DEIA-centered recruitment strategy During our first roadshow in the fall of 2022, we visited 58 colleges or universities, 43% of which were minority-serving institutions, across 23 states and offered several nationwide virtual sessions. a critical point given that 85% of federal jobs are located outside the Beltway.
Smart Strategies for Closing the Digital Skills Gender Divide
Government Technology Insider
DECEMBER 29, 2021
An analysis from the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) found that more than 300,000 women left the labor force last September – even though 194,000 jobs were added to the economy during the same month. Presently, infrastructure policies to address the gender employment gap have centered around increasing access to childcare.
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Empower Your Employees Through Modernization
GovLoop
JANUARY 31, 2023
Offering your citizens top-notch service while staying secure from cyberthreats is already a full-time job, but if your agency is trying to meet those goals with outdated equipment, you’re playing a game of catch-up that’s hard to overcome. Did you know that a report from the Government Accountability Office revealed that some government agencies (..)
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Deutsche Bank, Wake Technical Community College, and Google Cloud are building a cloud talent pipeline in North Carolina
Google Public Sector
DECEMBER 22, 2022
The world is facing a talent shortage, affecting more than 1 billion jobs by 2030 1. Wake Technical is well positioned to deliver this curriculum - it is the biggest community college in North Carolina, serving over 70,000 students each year and has long focused on jobs-centered training and community workforce needs.
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Collaboration with career staff is critical to appointees’ success
Partnership for Public Service
MARCH 23, 2023
That’s why our Center for Presidential Transition’s Ready to Govern program was created: to help new political appointees hit the ground running. In addition to doing hands-on onboarding sessions with the Office of Presidential Personnel, the Center has developed new online resources for appointees to review as they start a new role.
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AWS re/Start MENA celebrates successful first year
AWS Public Sector Blog
JANUARY 9, 2023
according to the World Bank —a recent global survey by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Gallup revealed “myriad positive outcomes” for those who develop their digital skills, including higher salaries, job satisfaction, and increased revenue and innovation for the organizations that employ digitally skilled people.
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Navigating the Tradeoffs of Good Cause Eviction
The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)
MARCH 10, 2024
As lawmakers in Albany debate how to fix New York’s housing affordability crisis, a new research brief by the NYU Furman Center examines the possible effects of how a good cause eviction requirement might affect tenants, landlords, and the housing market. Providing direct financial aid to tenants, through vouchers and cash assistance.
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Health CareeRx Academy
The Whistle Post
JANUARY 15, 2022
Job Readiness Training. Internships and On the Job Training (limited). Job Placement Services. American Job Center. All training by HCA leads to a certificate or degree and prepares individuals to pass a state or national licensing exam. Benefits and services include : Skills Assessment. Tuition Assistance.
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Working backwards from Vision Zero to improve road safety
AWS Public Sector Blog
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Amazon’s innovation process, known as the Working Backwards process, puts the customer at the center of discussions about designing a solution based on their needs. Supporting safe mobility for VRUs is critical as these neighborhoods prepare for 30,000 new jobs and 27,000 new residents by 2025. Image by City of Bellevue).
Relinking a community
Public Sector Future
JULY 7, 2022
Jeremy Goldberg | LinkedIn Mayor Quinton Lucas | Site | Twitter Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) Microsoft Public Sector Center of Expertise s infrastructure bill to build more equitable infrastructure.
Relinking a community
Public Sector Future
JULY 7, 2022
Jeremy Goldberg | LinkedIn Mayor Quinton Lucas | Site | Twitter Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) Microsoft Public Sector Center of Expertise s infrastructure bill to build more equitable infrastructure.
Rethinking how to hire and retain cloud talent in the public sector
AWS Public Sector Blog
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Overall, she found they were happy with their jobs—but also stagnant. This also attracted newer talent, like among recent college graduates eager to find jobs that demonstrate growth potential. How you write in your job descriptions and where you post them is important. I think there’s two aspects to [digital equity].
Partnering with the state of Oregon to support a skilled tech workforce
Google Public Sector
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
Oregon jobseekers work with WorkSource to create a career plan by setting job and career goals, enrolling in trainings and workshops, and searching and applying for jobs. The State of Oregon Employment Department's WorkSource Oregon organization defines themselves with a simple mission: "Support Business - Promote Employment.”
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