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Officials told NBC Bay Area they will expand to more schools each week through July 10. Now, that children 12 and older are eligible, officials are hoping to make it as easy as possible for them to get shots. "They have the potential to spread it still, and we know that the vaccine helps prevent the spread of the COVID virus,” Dr. Ted O'Connell, Kaiser Permanente Chief of Family and Community Medicine. Across the Bay Area, other districts are doing the same. Students got their shots on campus at Palo Alto High School Sunday during a weekend clinic and in Berkeley, 13-year-old Chahd Othmane ...

HR industry skills gap concerns exacerbated by Brexit Published: 04 Mar 2021 Most organisations within the HR industry (73%) are feeling strained due to a lack of skilled workers. In its new Mind the Gap report, recruitment firm Search Consultancy found that the main contributors toward the skills shortage in HR were a lack of qualified candidates (37%), followed by issues with retention (29%). One of the factors causing concern for 27% of respondents was Brexit. Speaking to  HR magazine Jillian Fleming, Search Consultancy HR manager, added...

UpdatedFri, Jan 8, 2021 at 2:33 pm ET Replies(33) The pool testing program will evaluate 10 samples at once. Samples will be taken by short swabs up the nose. (Shutterstock) MASSACHUSETTS — The state will offer weekly coronavirus testing for schools in an effort to get more students back in class at a time when some districts face resistance from teachers who say they feel unsafe in the buildings. Gov. Charlie Baker said Friday the pool testing will be made available to all schools and districts in the state in the next month. The state will pay for the launch period — about six weeks —...

Ports Association Hires Membership, Public Affairs Executives The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA)—the unified and recognized voice of seaports in the Americas—announced it has hired two new senior staff members to fill positions of two long-time senior staff who will soon be retiring. Paula Gonzalez, previously the global membership manager for the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) in Newark, Del., began her new position as AAPA’s senior manager of membership recruitment on Dec. 7. She will replace Ed O’Connell, AAPA’s membership services director, who ...