Looking Ahead: Three EWD Developments in 2025
By all accounts, 2024 was a momentous year. The world grappled with inflation, war, and wild weather disasters, while America also endured a polarizing election cycle. As it comes to a close, numerous experts are making predictions about how 2024 events will translate into 2025 realities. By all of those accounts, 2025 will present equally …
2024 PCC EWD Conversations: How We Value Labor – or Not
We are entering the 6th year of publication of The Pulse, a bi-monthly snapshot of the evolutions in global and local industrial sectors as seen through the eyes of Pasadena City College’s division of Economic and Workforce Development (PCC EWD). It’s been a momentous five years. The Pulse newsletter launched just as the COVID pandemic …
California’s Employment Laws are Changing in 2025
Three elements are fundamental to the overarching concept of ‘workforce development’: the employer, the employee, and the employment itself. Numerous sets of rules and regulations govern the activities of each separate element, and some cover aspects of all three. These rule sets are established by the company, the industry, and the government, each of which …
CA Invests in Apprenticeships in 2025
There are many ways to build a workforce. In addition to structured educational programs, internships, and apprenticeships are also essential and valuable methods for finetuning workers to deliver precisely the right services and skills. In 2025, California’s government is investing $24.7 million in 65 different apprenticeship programs in the State’s most critical industries, giving both …
Looking Ahead: Three EWD Developments in 2025
By all accounts, 2024 was a momentous year. The world grappled with inflation, war, and wild weather disasters, while America also endured a polarizing election cycle. As it comes to a close, numerous experts are making predictions about how 2024 events will translate into 2025 realities. By all of those accounts, 2025 will present equally …
2024 PCC EWD Conversations: How We Value Labor – or Not
We are entering the 6th year of publication of The Pulse, a bi-monthly snapshot of the evolutions in global and local industrial sectors as seen through the eyes of Pasadena City College’s division of Economic and Workforce Development (PCC EWD). It’s been a momentous five years. The Pulse newsletter launched just as the COVID pandemic …
California’s Employment Laws are Changing in 2025
Three elements are fundamental to the overarching concept of ‘workforce development’: the employer, the employee, and the employment itself. Numerous sets of rules and regulations govern the activities of each separate element, and some cover aspects of all three. These rule sets are established by the company, the industry, and the government, each of which …
CA Invests in Apprenticeships in 2025
There are many ways to build a workforce. In addition to structured educational programs, internships, and apprenticeships are also essential and valuable methods for finetuning workers to deliver precisely the right services and skills. In 2025, California’s government is investing $24.7 million in 65 different apprenticeship programs in the State’s most critical industries, giving both …
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Message from the Vice President
As the Vice President of Economic & Workforce Development, my vision is to create an open interface between employers and a trained workforce, expediting demand and curating it to influence the supply of student participants. I am a facilitator, systematically bridging the gap between industry and academia by developing strategic partnerships, an informed curriculum, and an enhanced work-based experience. Remaining responsive to evolving employer needs and pivoting to address these needs is key to my role in the office of Economic & Workforce Development where I continually strive to make PCC the go-to academic entity for industry engagement.
Salvatrice Cummo
Vice President