Work in Progress: A WorkingNation Podcast

Latinos and Latinas represent a tiny sliver of venture capitalists, far below their presence in the U.S. population. Ramona Schindelheim talks to Dr. Mariela Salas, executive director of SomosVC, a nonprofit focused on elevating more of them within the venture capital industry, on the latest Work in Progress: A WorkingNation Podcast. “There are various factors that are leading to us being underrepresented within the ecosystem,” she says. “There are cultural barriers, socioeconomic barriers, lack of access, and lack of opportunity.” Read more about it and listen to the podcast at https://lnkd.in/e47cGPBb - or listen and subscribe to the podcast on YouTube at https://lnkd.in/ePtDfJks, where episodes debut at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT) on Mondays. #WorkInProgress #Latinos #Latinas #HispanicHeritageMonth #podcast #VentureCapital #VentureCapitalists

There’s a new volunteer opportunity for young adults interested in climate resiliency. Amid New York Climate Week, Ramona Schindelheim and AmeriCorps CEO Michael Smith discuss AmeriCorps’ new American Climate Corps, launched just this year - on Work in Progress: A WorkingNation Podcast: https://lnkd.in/eyKv-zvf “We’ve got 9,000 American Climate Corps members that are in the field right now,” Smith says. “They are gaining skills while they’re serving, and they are also being connected with resources to make sure that they can get the green energy and climate jobs of the future.” You also can subscribe to Work in Progress on its own YouTube channel to catch each new episode. Find this week’s episode at https://lnkd.in/eSJU5nPZ. #WorkInProgress #ClimateWeekNYC #GreenJobs #Purpose #volunteerism #skills

The already-large-and-growing U.S. Latino population is poised to help fill a projected labor gap in coming years. Antonio Tijerino, president and CEO of the Hispanic Heritage Foundation, tells Ramona Schindelheim on Work in Progress: A WorkingNation Podcast that his organization is working with major companies to ensure Latinos are ready to fill the jobs where they will be needed. Listen to this excerpt from Tijerino's interview to hear about Latinos’ “value proposition,” and then listen to the full podcast at https://lnkd.in/epUtW_Df or https://lnkd.in/eMfRqC6V. #WorkInProgress #HispanicHeritageMonth #Latino #Hispanic #LatinoWorkforce #HispanicWorkforce #reskill #upskill #DigitalDivide #TechJobs #FutureOfWork #LaborShortage

The Latino portion of the U.S. workforce is huge, and growing faster than any other segment. But are they ready to take the reins of the jobs of tomorrow? Ramona Schindelheim talks to Antonio Tijerino of Hispanic Heritage Foundation on Work in Progress: A WorkingNation Podcast about what's being done to better prepare them. “We have a value proposition as the Latino community, and we want to make sure that we’re prepping our community to provide that value proposition in the workforce,” Tijerino says. Hear the full podcast now at https://lnkd.in/epUtW_Df - or on YouTube at https://lnkd.in/eMfRqC6V. And remember: During Hispanic Heritage Month, WorkingNation is rolling out five new films about the challenges Latinos and Hispanics face at work – and their achievements in the U.S. workforce. You can see the first film now at https://lnkd.in/ePmbk8Y9. #WorkInProgress #HispanicHeritageMonth #WNHispanicWorkforce #Latino #Hispanic #LatinoWorkforce #HispanicWorkforce #reskill #upskill #DigitalDivide #TechJobs #FutureOfWork

Find out why Roy Castro, STRIVE board co-chair and founder/CEO of Castro Ventures, is so passionate about advocating for STRIVE, which he credits for lifting him from the “darkest moment in my life.” Then, listen to more of his story in the latest Work in Progress: A WorkingNation Podcast, in which STRIVE president and CEO Philip Weinberg discusses the nonprofit’s work and says, “We’ve built a model that is comprehensive to support people who are often encountering significant hurdles in life.” Full podcast: https://lnkd.in/egftMAM7 or https://lnkd.in/eQAReR2S #WorkInProgress #PodcastAboutWork #HistoricallyExcluded #CareerPathways #careers #reskill #upskill Ramona Schindelheim

Since forming in 1984, STRIVE has aimed to connect historically excluded people to life-changing careers, and has helped nearly 90,000 graduates gain access to the training and support needed. President and CEO Philip Weinberg and board co-chair Roy Castro talk to Ramona Schindelheim on Work in Progress: A WorkingNation Podcast about where they’ve been and where they’re going. “We believe in the principles of equity and justice and opportunity for all,” Weinberg says. “There’s too many individuals, as we know, in our communities who are talented and looking for access to build a career, but often don’t know where to go. We believe at STRIVE in giving them a fair shot.” Hear the podcast (and read more about STRIVE’s work) on our website at https://bit.ly/3AYIUOi, or subscribe and listen starting at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT) on the podcast’s YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/ePtDfJks #WorkInProgress #PodcastAboutWork #HistoricallyExcluded #CareerPathways #careers #reskill #upskill

What do skilled trades workers want? Similar things to what many modern-day workers want: the flexibility to advance at work and grow professionally, says Brooke Weddle, McKinsey & Company senior partner and co-author of the McKinsey report “Tradespeople Wanted: The Need for Critical Trade Skills in the U.S.” Hear her elaborate in this clip. The problem? If employers can’t offer such growth opportunities, skilled trades people might leave, contributing to what already is a shortage of workers, Weddle says. “I was talking to one large industrial company and they said, ‘I know a lot of our workers are leaving and not doing that same skilled trade role because they leave their tools behind,’” she tells Ramona Schindelheim for Work in Progress: A WorkingNation Podcast. “That creates a lot of pressure on companies to really shore up what we would call their employee value proposition to create stickiness and retention of those workers.” Hear the full podcast interview at https://bit.ly/4e64Ncx or https://lnkd.in/d5N-fUwf, and get more skilled trades coverage from our weeklong series with Scripps News, “Fire Up Your Career: The Skilled Trades,” at https://lnkd.in/d7iNEreU. #SkilledTradesWeek #SkilledTrades #workers #LaborShortage #FireUpYourCareer #WorkInProgress

Ramona Schindelheim appeared on Scripps News today to discuss the labor shortage within the skilled trades and how employers can lure workers. The video is in her Work in Progress: A WorkingNation Podcast article at https://bit.ly/4e64Ncx. Find more “Fire Up Your Career” television conversations in this week’s skilled trades articles - https://lnkd.in/d7iNEreU - and you also can see them live at 9:45 a.m. ET on Scripps News. #SkilledTradesWeek #SkilledTrades #workers #LaborShortage #FireUpYourCareer Brooke Weddle McKinsey & Company

What can employers do about a shortage of skilled trades workers? Ramona Schindelheim talks to Brooke Weddle, McKinsey & Company senior partner and co-author of the McKinsey report “Tradespeople Wanted: The Need for Critical Trade Skills in the U.S.” – on the latest Work in Progress: A WorkingNation Podcast. “If you listen to any earnings call of a large industrial company in the past 12, 24 months, I would be hard-pressed to find one that is not talking about workforce issues, whether it’s acquiring that talent or retaining that talent or making that talent more productive,” she says. Listen to the full podcast on our website, and see Ramona's interview about it today on Scripps News, at https://bit.ly/4e64Ncx. You also can hear the podcast on your favorite podcasting platform, or on the Work in Progress YouTube channel at https://lnkd.in/d5N-fUwf. You can see our full week's "Fire Up Your Career: The Skilled Trades" coverage and Scripps News appearances at https://lnkd.in/d7iNEreU. #SkilledTradesWeek #SkilledTrades #workers #LaborShortage #FireUpYourCareer

“There's amazing talent that exists in these rural communities,” Joshua Elder, vice president and head of grantmaking for Siegel Family Endowment, tells Work in Progress: A WorkingNation Podcast. “They often just don't have connection to the opportunities to be able to build out for success.” See him explain in this excerpt ways Siegel and others are trying to bring that talent to the fore. Check out the full podcast at https://bit.ly/4cFxwUx, or on major podcasting platforms, for more detail on these efforts. You also can subscribe and listen to Work in Progress on YouTube at https://lnkd.in/ePtDfJks.  #DigitalDivide #rural #TechHubs #innovation #RuralInnovation #TechJobs #opportunity Ramona Schindelheim