Financial Football with Visa
LAEDC’s Workforce Development team partnered with Visa to host Financial Football on February 11th at NFL headquarters for high school students in the Los Angeles region.
LAEDC’s Workforce Development team partnered with Visa to host Financial Football on February 11th at NFL headquarters for high school students in the Los Angeles region.
How do we improve diversity, equity and inclusion in key Los Angeles industries? An article in the Los Angeles Wave newspapers highlights the importance of our region’s community colleges, with … Continued
This new report published by LAEDC and partner COE for Labor Market Excellence explores workforce diversity and opportunities for more widely shared prosperity
Center for a Competitive Workforce, powered by LAEDC has been delivering amazing results this year. Take a quick look at the engagement happening between industry leaders and community college faculty … Continued
LAEDC is connecting community colleges with industry to inspire new programs, faculty professional development, work-based learning and jobs and local talent pipelines
Gain advice on starting a new career to take advantage of in-demand occupations that pay well in Los Angeles County, via this panel of experts, recorded April 28.
LAEDC board member Art Bilger says jobs are disappearing due to the unprecedented pace of automation, and investment is needed in workforce reskilling
Working Nation continues to highlight the changing nature of work as our economy transitions to a more automation and AI, trends eliminating many job tasks.
LAEDC’s Institute for Applied Economics published a must-see summary of the top industries in Los Angeles County, providing wages, employment levels and data about the subsectors in major industries
“Home Alone: Gaming Explosion During COVID” was the topic of the March 12th LAEDC Digital Media & Entertainment Council, where Michael Zhang, CEO of Firefly Games and a panel of experts discussed the fast growth and future of the gaming industry in the Greater Los Angeles region
Center for a Competitive Workforce, has a new report about jobs in the seaport and airport industry in the Los Angeles Basin, to help community college faculty adapt programs to … Continued
LAist (KPCC) wrote about workers transitioning to well-paying careers by utilizing the community college system, citing the workers in essential industries report published by Center for a Competitive Workforce (CCW). … Continued
This quarterly meeting of LAEDC’s Digital Media & Entertainment Industry Council featured a keynote presentation by Larry Laboe, Co-founder and Executive Director, New Filmmakers Los Angeles.
The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the critical importance of essential workers. LAEDC analyzes the occupations, trends, wages, and equity issues in our essential industries
At this week’s California Economic Summit, LAEDC’s Jessica Ku Kim is leading statewide collaboration with other EDCs and workforce development stakeholders to develop a prototype for regional employer engagement to connect talent development systems with employers throughout the state.
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Talent pipelines and diversity were discussed at the e4 meeting Nov 12th, on the topic of Cool Jobs in a Hot Industry: Tesla and ZEVs. The meeting’s purpose was to advance equitable access to well-paying jobs
Bioscience activity in LA County is up, with more jobs, more investment, more incubators and infrastructure, and new resources to aid collaboration
Meeting the workforce needs in high-growth industries relies upon continuous collaboration between industry and educators, according to CSUN / LAEDC report
Future Forum: The Future of Entertainment explored ways in which production, content delivery and more have changed in Entertainment
LAEDC’s partnership with the 19 community colleges in the LA Basin continued to deliver results, facilitating industry-education partnerships and work-based learning opportunities, benefitting the very diverse student body attending our … Continued
LAEDC’s annual report tells the stories of many businesses and their employees who have faced unprecedented crisis in 2020 and managed to move ahead. Read a few of their stories … Continued
LAEDC’s Bill Allen was one of several panelists in a pair of recent webinars, discussing the potential for LA County to create more innovation businesses and jobs in the “blue” or ocean economy. Following up on the recent LAEDC report, The Ocean Economy in Los Angeles County, speakers from several innovation businesses discussed LA’s opportunity