Employment

A recent uptick in applications for career technical schools in Vermont mirrors a nationwide trend of young people pursuing more hands-on work.

Tino Ruthanhira, executive director and co-founder of the Vermont Professionals of Color Network, is working to attract and maintain BIPOC workers in the state.

The workers’ situation highlights the tenuous predicaments that can arise when bosses double as landlords.

The National Truck Driving Championships feature written exams, truck inspections and driving challenges.

Legislation approved by Democratic lawmakers earlier this year, and later signed into law by Republican Gov. Phil Scott, establishes a new Office of Workforce Strategy and Development that will have at least two full-time employees.

Seven Days reporter Rachel Hellman delved in to a new algorithm that changed how the U.S. Postal Service calculates pay for its rural mail carriers. The May 6 change affects both rural mail carriers in Vermont as well as people receiving mail.

"This is free money on the table," says one of the administrators of a program aimed at growing Vermont's workforce.

Rob Bahny creates training programs for Vermonters who are looking to earn a license and begin careers in health care and other sectors with a worker shortage. He says significant funding is available to pay for training, but certain barriers keep potential students from ever signing up for class.

This hour, host Mikaela Lefrak explores the history of unions in Vermont up to today's efforts to unionize by South Burlington Starbucks employees.

For some military families who get orders to relocate to a new base, concern about racism can upend family life and careers.