Engaged, Empowered, Employed

In this episode, Charlotte Works Community Engagement Manager Tashara Brown chats with Atrium Health’s HR Manager Cynthia Bailey and HR Consultant Grace Croft. They discuss the partnership between Charlotte Works and Atrium Health called the Healthcare Career Pathways program and the critical job positions it helps to fill.

Charlotte Works Senior Business Engagement Manager Andrew Davila chats with RJ Leeper Construction's Director of Workforce Development and Strategic Solutions Ben Hutchins about the Coalition for Construction Careers (C3), how Charlotte Works has helped RJ Leeper with Upskilling employees, and how to address the labor shortage.

Andrew Davila, Senior Business Engagement Manager at Charlotte Works, and Ben Hutchins, Workforce Development Strategic Solutions at RJ Leeper Construction, discuss C3, the Coalition for Construction Careers. C3 is a business-led industry partnership focused on three initiatives: Construction Education, Construction Training, and Skilled Trade Pathways. 

Charlotte Works' Chief Impact Officer Kevin Loux is joined by Catapult's HR Advisor and Compensation Lead, Becky Drozdz to discuss how companies are responding to today's challenges with talent attraction and retention. This episode also explores some best practices that companies can implement today even when facing budgetary constraints.

Charlotte Works Communications Manager Shameika Rhymes chats with Charlotte Works Program Support Manager Chris Miller about her experience as a job seeker at the NCWorks Career Centers, what she does in her role at Charlotte Works, and how employers can acquire funding to train their employees by applying for Upskill Training Grants.

Charlotte Works’ Chief Impact Officer Kevin Loux is joined by Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont’s Manager of Partnerships and Impact Mandy Couch to take a deep dive into the context around the Charlotte Talent Survey results. This episode explores the future of remote work, if the great resignation and talent shortage is real, and what employers are doing in response to the current environment.

Charlotte Works Business Engagement Manager Erika Shorty chats with our partner MeckEd about their learning lab and how it's helping high school students on their career pathways.

Charlotte Works Business Engagement Manger Erika Shorty talks with MeckEd student Efuru Cole-Brewer about how she’s handling the pressure of navigating through her senior year with virtual learning at Harding University High School during a pandemic, launching her own business, and her goals for 2021.

In this episode we highlight structural inequities and how racial disparities manifest in the workplace. Our Chief Impact Officer, Kevin Loux, talks with Fernando Little, Chief Diversity Officer at Atrium Health and  Sherri Chisholm, Director at Leading on Opportunity, to get practical advice on what we can do to be a part of the solution.

Charlotte Works Business Engagement Manager Erika Shorty talks with a job seeker about how Charlotte Works and NCWorks helped him find a position in the midst of a pandemic and what employers can do to ensure work from home success. Listen to hear this job seeker's inspirational words for others in the job market.