Got Tech Training? brings real talk about tech bootcamps, workshops, apprenticeships and more to you. Our latest installment features Per Scholas, JEVS Human Services, and CompTIA. We’ll be...
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Featured Founder: Chad Womack, PhD
Aug 16, 2021 | Featured Founders
Future Works Alliance: Why did you get involved with Future Works Alliance?Chad Womack, PhD: Future Works Alliance (FWA) is a wonderful opportunity and a unique space for diverse stakeholders to...
Featured Founder: Surinder Sharma, CEO of Smart Kidz Club, Inc
Jul 8, 2021 | Blog, Featured Founders
Future Works Alliance PHL: Why did you get involved with Future Works Alliance? Surinder Sharma: We're tackling similar, long-term issues. The future of work is about technology and reskilling, and...
The Future Is Now: Our Open Update
The COVID-19 pandemic deeply shifted jobs, careers, and labor markets. Major economic and racial equity concerns existed and are now deepened. Future Works Alliance PHL is working on strategies,...
Got Tech Training? Event Recordings
Jun 25, 2021 | #FutureWorksPHL, Events
In the second of a series, we spotlight three Greater Philadelphia tech training organizations to help you find the one that is right for YOU. Picking a career path is a big decision. Your time,...
Accenture’s Sandrea Mack Behrens on why workforce development is an ‘opportunity to start building a life’
In the late 1980s, Sandrea Mack Behrens was working a few service industry jobs and caring for her toddler when she ran into an old professor. The professor encouraged her to take a test for a...
Got Tech Training? Event Recordings
May 28, 2021 | #FutureWorksPHL, Events
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Featured Founder: Orly Zeewy, Brand Architect
May 25, 2021 | Featured Founders
Future Works Alliance PHL: The future of work is driven by constant and rapid change. How has your upbringing and other life experience shaped the ways you manage risk? Orly Zeewy: The first 11...
The New Heard Mentality: My First Strategic Collaboration
May 7, 2021 | Blog
As a designer, it’s (usually) pretty easy to get a group of people on the same page, especially when we’re looking at a tangible design together. It’s simple to say, “We need bigger text” or “Add...
Congresswoman, Philadelphia Tech Leaders Join Virtual Event Exploring Gender Equity Solutions in the Workplace
Inaugural Future Works Alliance PHL event to address “shecession” labor crisis disproportionately impacting women across the region & nation. Greater Philadelphia and the nation are currently...
"We are working to harness the brainpower of the region to solve pressing problems related to the work of the future."
Anne Gemmell, Founder
Read more: Future-Proofing columns at The Philadelphia Citizen