Looking Back at the Labor Market One Year into the COVID Lockdown
This week marks a full year since the COVID-19 lockdown began. Early on in the quarantine period, UCD began a long-term examination of how the lockdown would impact the labor market in the Philadelphia region. Using Burning Glass Technologies’ real-time job posting data, we looked at new job postings, broken down by industry, and […]
A partnership brings more jobs to West Philly, more lab assistants to Penn Medicine
WHYY By Ali McPherson With an eye toward expanding coronavirus testing in their part of the city, the University of Pennsylvania Health System partnered back in the fall with the West Philadelphia Skills Initiative, a University City District workforce development program. The idea was to offer new opportunities to program graduates looking for jobs as […]
COVID-19 testing — and Philly employment — get boost with 50 new lab jobs at Penn Medicine
The Philadelphia Inquirer by Zoe Rosenberg Volunteer youth pastor Vanessa Dicks of Mantua’s Pleasant Grove Baptist Church has been connecting young people with employment opportunities for years. But when she saw Penn Medicine’s push to recruit new laboratory assistants from the West Philadelphia community in December, Dicks knew it was her turn to apply. […]
The Lenfest Foundation Makes Significant New Investment in WPSI
University City District is pleased to share that earlier this month, the Lenfest Foundation awarded us $500,000 to help fuel the continued growth of our West Philadelphia Skills Initiative (WPSI) job training subsidiary. This new gift of $500,000 pushes the total support from Lenfest to UCD and UCD’s partners to $5.9 million over five years. […]
Helping the Lab and Helping the Community
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The Skills Initiative Winter 2021 Program Overview
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WPSI Grad Vanessa Dicks Reflects on Her Experience Getting Hired by Penn Medicine
West Philadelphia resident Vanessa Dicks was one of 50 participants to train with the West Philadelphia Skills Initiative for positions with Penn Medicine. Hear about Vanessa’s time in the training and how the Skills Initiative prepared her to work with Penn Medicine.
Labor Market Report for December 18th, 2020
Every other week, we will be publishing labor market industry (LMI) data and important trends to consider in the development of an equitable economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis. We are always looking for opportunities to learn, grow, and collaborate. Email wpsi@universitycity.org to learn more. It is hard to find words to describe 2020 without […]
Labor Market Report for December 4th, 2020
Every other week, we will be publishing labor market industry (LMI) data and important trends to consider in the development of an equitable economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis. We are always looking for opportunities to learn, grow, and collaborate. Email wpsi@universitycity.org to learn more. As COVID-19 cases continue to set new records and restrictions are […]
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K & B’s Fun Zone
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