Engaged, Empowered, Employed

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.

Charlotte Works Business Engagement Manager Erika Shorty talks with Lotticia Shefferson from Discovery Place about preparing youth for STEM careers during COVID-19 and how Discovery Place is promoting diversity in STEM, and what area employers can do to help.

Charlotte Works' Director of Labor Market Intelligence, Kevin Loux, discusses what a living wage is in Charlotte, pathways to a living wage, plus what happens with the loss of public subsidies and how it affects benefits. Brandi Newman of Atrium Health and Sylvia Cini of Central Piedmont also join the episode to share perspectives from an employer and an education partner.

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Charlotte Works Business Engagement Manager Erika Shorty talks with MeckEd student Efuru Cole-Brewer about how she's handling the pressure of going into her senior year at Harding University High School while COVID-19 is still on the rise. She also discusses her experience with our community partner MeckEd and how their program is preparing her for life after high school.

Charlotte Works Chief Operating Officer Anna London talks with Ebony Copeland-Nesbit, a career advisor at one of our NCWorks Career Centers. The two discuss how Copeland-Nesbit and other advisors are continuing to serve job seekers and employers virtually during the pandemic.