About Workforce Development
HASC Workforce Development is a multi-pronged effort to support health care workforce needs across Southern California. The initiative focuses on areas with a shortage of trained and qualified employees.
- College to Career Diversity Internship Program (CDIP)
- CLC Diversity in Health Care Scholarship and Stipend Program
- Priority Workforce Job Portal
- RN Specialty Pipeline Project
- SlingShot Initiative (Los Angeles and Ventura counties)
- Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Health Care Sector Collaborative (LA County)
- Quarterly Health Care Workforce Survey (statewide)
- Strong Workforce Program (statewide)
Other Workforce Resources
Workforce Development Board Contacts
Contact
For more information, contact Soyinka Allen, [email protected] or (213) 538-7022.
Podcasts
Lisa Mitchell, HASC Program Director, Workforce, speaks with Rebecca Evans, Executive Director of the Workforce Development Board of Ventura County (WDBVC) — Aug. 4, 2022
Teri Hollingsworth, HASC Vice President, HR and Education Services, and Cynthia Avila, WDBVC, are interviewed on KVTA Radio’s Workforce Wednesdays — June 24, 2022
LEAD Academy 2024
Overview
If you’re a new health care leader or would like to enhance your management skills, LEAD Academy 2024 is for you! The synchronous e-learning program offers 12 intensive modules that will empower you to better understand and use your strengths.
Meet Job Candidates at CSU Dominguez Health Care Expo
HASC is pleased to invite members to a job fair hosted by our workforce partner California State University, Dominguez Hills. The College of Health, Human Services and Nursing Job Expo will take place Tuesday, April 16, from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Pacific Time. View the flyer here. You’ll have the opportunity to meet students pursuing […]
Diversity in Health Care Scholarship Applications Open April 1
In 2023, HASC and Communities Lifting Communities (CLC) launched the Diversity in Health Care Scholarship Program to help grow a more inclusive health care workforce. This year, the two organizations are excited to continue partnering to break down financial barriers for students, especially from underrepresented backgrounds, pursuing health care careers. The initiative will also benefit […]
Charge Nurse Leadership Development
Overview If you’re a registered nurse in a management or supervisory role, this online course is for you. The course, taking place Wednesday, September 25, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., features topics designed to facilitate nurses’ growth and development as unit leaders. Facilitator Mark Kaliher, RN, will cover advanced leadership strategies, communication techniques, setting […]
HASC, LA County Connect Hospitals with Job Seekers
Hospitals seeking job candidates can continue looking to HASC and its partnership with the LA County Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO). The partnership aims to help hospitals fill key vacancies with job seekers who have recently completed or will soon complete health profession training programs. The DEO’s LA County America’s Job Center of California (AJCC) […]
In-person LEAD Academy 2024
If you’re a new health care manager or want to enhance your leadership skills, LEAD Academy was made for you! Join us at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, Glendale, for six intensive monthly sessions. You’ll gain insights that empower you to better understand and use your strengths as a leader.
LEAD Academy Informational Webinar
Overview Are you a health care manager who wants to reach your leadership potential in 2024? Learn about the LEAD Academy training experience in this free informational webinar. LEAD Academy is an intensive, 12-module program that will empower you to better understand and use your strengths. Through immersive learning and tools, you’ll discover how to […]
Scholarship Donors Help Students Pursue Health Care Careers
Communities Lifting Communities (CLC) and HASC are grateful to CalOptima, CenCal Health, Gold Coast Health Plan, Inland Empire Health Plan and L.A. Care Health Plan for their generous donations to the Diversity in Health Care Scholarship and Stipend Program. Thanks to their support, employees of HASC member hospitals will receive a financial boost to help […]
Bring Diverse Talent to your Hospital: Host a 2024 CDIP Intern
The HASC-Health Career Connection (HCC) workforce diversity program is known as the College to Career Diversity Internship Program, or CDIP. CDIP is a full-time, paid, project-based internship program that identifies and recruits local, diverse, high-performing upper-division college students and recent graduates seeking health care careers. Host an Intern We are now accepting host applications for the CDIP 2024 […]
CLC, HASC Announce First Diversity Scholarship Winners
Communities Lifting Communities and HASC are pleased to award seven health care scholarships through the Diversity in Health Care Scholarship and Stipend Program. Launched in 2023, the program was created to help reduce health disparities and improve community health throughout Southern California by fostering a more diverse workforce. It aims to achieve this goal by […]