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Count Ashlea Hyde among the Akron Children's Hospital employees who got a larger paycheck when the hospital in late 2019 boosted its minimum pay rate to $15 an hour. Hyde currently . . .

Funding supports collaboration between businesses, education & training providers Lt. Governor Jon Husted, in his capacity as Director of the Governor’s Office of Workforce Transformation, today announced that 12 workforce . . .

The pandemic has had an impact on just about every aspect of business, including workforce development. Crain's wanted to gain some insight on how this year has been for those . . .

DOWNTOWN AKRON — During the Nov. 30 virtual meeting of the Akron Public Schools (APS) Board of Education, board members approved the College & Career Academies (CCA) Middle School Master . . .

No one thinks of Northeast Ohio as a tech center comparable to the likes of Seattle or Silicon Valley, but as manufacturing jobs severely contracted in the early 2000s, the . . .

Last week, the Greater Akron Chamber, like many other companies and organizations, published a statement on economic inclusion. While we know it is important to tell the community where we . . .

Workforce development groups ConxusNEO in Akron and RITE in Cleveland are hoping to get their arms around the region's information technology workforce needs so they can be better met, and the groups are asking . . .

The ways to connect job seekers with employers in Northeast Ohio are evolving because of conditions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Many businesses have had to change what they do . . .

Online retailing giant Amazon isn’t ready quite yet to start hiring for its massive fulfillment center being built on Romig Road in Akron. But Amazon had a high profile presence . . .

AKRON, Ohio – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded a four-year, $2.3 million grant to the Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority as part of a job-training and . . .