Community Comes Together at Turnaround Job & Readiness Fair

Community Comes Together at Turnaround Job & Readiness Fair

The recent Turnaround Job & Readiness Fair in Houston brought together organizations from across the city, all focused on one common goal: empowering individuals with the resources, confidence, and connections they need to find meaningful employment. Among the...

Hiring Smarter with Skills-Based Job Descriptions

Hiring Smarter with Skills-Based Job Descriptions

Finding the right candidate doesn’t have to feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. A skills-based job description, focused on what candidates can actually do rather than degrees or job titles, makes hiring simpler, more inclusive, and more effective....

Weak June Hiring Indicates Slowing Labor Market

Weak June Hiring Indicates Slowing Labor Market

Houston-area employers added just 2,300 new workers in June, according to figures released by Workforce Solutions – Gulf Coast. It’s the second month in a row that the number of jobs added has been “substantially below the long-term average.” Government and...

AI and Robotics Are Reshaping Houston-Galveston Workplaces

AI and Robotics Are Reshaping Houston-Galveston Workplaces

The rise of advanced language models (ALMs) like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s BERT is reshaping how businesses function across the Houston-Galveston region. These tools can generate text, summarize documents, analyze sentiment, translate languages, and handle...