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Central Texas Healthcare Partnership: Spotlight on Satellite Healthcare

Workforce Solutions Capital Area (WFS) partners with many local healthcare employers to train and hire the workforce for this key local industry. One of our partners is Satellite Healthcare. Here is how Satellite leverages local talent to grow their workforce.

Satellite Healthcare successfully hired three Dialysis Patient Care Technicians (PCTs) after attending a healthcare industry hiring event hosted by WFS. By leveraging our Talent Pipeline, Satellite Healthcare gained access to a local pool of qualified candidates, filling critical positions while supporting job seekers in the community.

Satellite Healthcare participated in WFS’s healthcare hiring event to address its growing need for qualified Dialysis PCTs. By leveraging local talent, Satellite Healthcare tapped into a pool of talent, streamlining the hiring process, and filling essential roles in patient care.

Satellite Healthcare required skilled Dialysis PCTs to meet the growing demands of its healthcare services. Finding qualified staff for such specialized roles can be challenging, particularly when looking for local talent. The healthcare industry hiring event offers an ideal solution, connecting Satellite Healthcare with skilled candidates ready to contribute to patient care.

Through the partnership with WFS, Satellite Healthcare has accessed a pipeline of qualified candidates via the healthcare industry hiring event through this channel. Workforce Solutions provided a streamlined recruitment process, helping the company efficiently fill the needed positions and to continue delivering quality healthcare services.

Satellite hired three new Dialysis PCTs from the event, directly meeting the company’s immediate staffing needs. This collaboration highlights our ability to support the healthcare sector in building a strong workforce.

Satellite Healthcare is a member of the Central Texas Healthcare Partnership, a workforce development leader in the Central Texas healthcare industry. The partnership was founded in early 2018 under the leadership of three Central Texas healthcare industry leaders: Baylor Scott & White Health, Ascension Seton, and St. David’s HealthCare.

December 5, 2024
St. Edward’s nursing program aims to help with healthcare worker shortage

St. Edward’s University celebrated its first group of nursing students with the traditional white coat ceremony. Those students can now enter into clinic patient care.

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December 3, 2024
‘Center of the universe’: ACC announces plan to extend semiconductor training nationally

Austin Community College ― a semiconductor workforce training leader in Central Texas that has been recognized with federal grants secured by U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett and gifts from major manufacturers NXP and Samsung ― is partnering with other companies to share its semiconductor training curriculum nationally, officials announced Wednesday.

Central Texas has attracted significant manufacturing industry growth, but a Workforce Solutions report last year showed there are “significant shortages” in manufacturing technicians — a job that requires more than a high school degree but less than a four-year college degree — in the Austin metro area due to its rapid growth.

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November 21, 2024
How local leaders in Austin and beyond are using ‘infrastructure academies’ to address their workforce needs

Building off a 2018 Brookings report that profiled the newly launched DC Infrastructure Academy, this piece aims to further contextualize and demystify what these academies are attempting to do by focusing on a new example in Austin, Texas.

The details matter for how these academies are structured, who is involved in their creation, and the extent to which they are even addressing these workforce gaps. But Austin’s infrastructure academy is not just an ad hoc experiment; through its ongoing design and implementation, it can help inform how other regional leaders may consider launching similar approaches.

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November 14, 2024
Central Texas Healthcare Partnership: Spotlight on Concordia University
Workforce Solutions Capital Area partners with many local healthcare employers to train and hire the workforce for this key local industry. One of our partners is Concordia University. Here is a summary of Concordia’s recent activities with their nursing program… Senior level nursing students participated in a disaster simulation recently on Concordia’s main campus. The nursing program partnership with United Way is continuing with the nursing students completing hearing and vision screening for 214 preschool children so far this year. Nursing students participated in a medical mission trip to Alaska this summer. On the mission trip, the nursing students participated in:
- Assisting with mulching a community garden that serves as a program for refugees in the Anchorage area as a way to grow produce and sell at local farmer’s markets for income.
- Conducting a foot care clinic at a long-term homeless shelter for elderly and medically fragile individuals where we washed feet, did basic wound care, and checked vital signs.
- Worked in a food bank to pack shelf-stable food boxes for underserved families in the community. Students also went out and assisted with a drive-thru food pantry.
- Cooked dinner for residents at an at-risk youth homeless shelter and then provided education to the group on basic hygiene to maintain health.
Concordia University is a member of the Central Texas Healthcare Partnership. The partnership was founded in early 2018 under the leadership of three Central Texas healthcare industry leaders: Baylor Scott & White Health, Ascension Seton, and St. David’s HealthCare. Learn more about how the Central Texas Healthcare Partnership is leading workforce development in the Central Texas healthcare industry.
November 13, 2024
Veterans wanted for Workforce Solutions hiring event

Workforce Solutions Capital Area will hold a hiring event focused on area veterans at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex on Hargrave Street in District 1.

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November 7, 2024
Veterans receiving employment opportunities through Workforce Solutions Capital Area

KXAN Sally Hernandez sits down with David Olson with Workforce Solutions Capital Area, who talks about how the organization is hosting a hiring event to employ veterans.

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November 1, 2024
Vocational skills center for homeless opens at Esperanza Community

The Other Ones Foundation, or TOOF, cut the ribbon on a vocational skills center that will serve the homeless population in Austin.

The John Paul DeJoria Vocational Skills Center opened Friday at the Esperanza Community. Its goal is to “host a new approach to homelessness services” by offering vocational training and services, according to a joint release from TOOF and JP’s Peace, Love & Happiness Foundation.

According to TOOF, the services offered at the vocational center are some of the fastest-growing and high-paying trades, as identified by the Workforce Solutions Capital Area (WFSCA).

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November 1, 2024
Preparing Our Future Workforce to Support Manufacturing Growth | Manufacturing Industry Snapshot (Oct 2024)

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed vulnerabilities in global supply chains, leading to material shortages and logistics disruptions that have impacted Austin’s growing manufacturing sector.

As regional and industry growth continue (24% industry growth over the next 10 years), local manufacturers must address labor shortages and invest in developing their workforce to build a more resilient and adaptable supply chain infrastructure.

Read the white paper for more labor market insights and see how Workforce Solutions Capital Area, Austin Regional Manufacturers Association (ARMA), and Opportunity Austin are preparing our future workforce to support industry growth.

Looking to connect with future talent and strengthen your workforce in manufacturing and other industries? Become a Talent Ambassador for Opportunity Austin to get better access to local talent! Get started.

October 31, 2024
Report: Texas workforce to add 144k jobs by 2028

A new report projects Texas will add 144,000 jobs in the next four years. Pearson, a multinational corporation that creates digital learning materials and assessments, released its Skills Map of the United States.

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October 31, 2024