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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The MassHire Berkshire Workforce Board on Thursday held its annual meeting virtually during which five local professionals were recognized with Workforce Impact Awards and the board highlighted its yearly efforts in meeting the demand for highly skilled workers in Berkshire County.     During fiscal 2021, the board leveraged more than $3.5 million to assist 662 employers, 2,600 job seekers, and 3,400 youth with workforce needs.     "Since March 2020, the Workforce Board assisted over 650 companies with their workforce needs, answering their immediate employmen...

Devon Ackerman '17, Med School Student Meet Devon Ackerman, a 2017 biochemistry and chemical biotechnology graduate of East Stroudsburg University and now an M.D. candidate in the Doctor of Medicine program at Penn State University’s College of Medicine in Hershey. Read More Devon has been a true Warrior since coming to ESU in 2013 from Hanover, Pa. A four-year starter on ESU’s football team and a three-time Academic All-America first team selection – the first and only student-athlete ...

Maine Voices: Legislature should address economic hardship for women COVID has driven millions of American women out of the workforce. By Jane Margesson and Gilda E. NardoneSpecial to the Press Herald Share COVID-19 has had a disproportionate impact on working women. Before the pandemic, women had made important strides in the workforce. When the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics first began measuring women’s labor force rates in 1948, 32 percent of women were in the workforce. By the beginning of 2020, that number had increased to nearly 58 percent. Then the pandemic hit, driving over 2 mi...

May 8, 2021 Grant helps workers displaced by COVID-19 The Greater Lawrence Technical School is receiving $375,000 to support access to career pathway training for local residents from underserved populations with a focus on those impacted by COVID-19. The grants are part of the administration's Career Technical Initiative (CTI), launched at GLTS in January 2020, which aims to grow skills for students and adults for careers in high demand, high growth sectors while also meeting the needs of businesses across the Commonwealth. Greater Lawrence Tech is receiving $375,000 as part of t...

Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School, Greater Lawrence Technical School and Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School recently shared in $2.1 million in state grants. The money is part of the state’s Career Technical Initiative, supporting additional training programs for students and adults. Grants support training and skill-building programs in construction, trades and manufacturing […]