Businesses are starting to step up their efforts to partner with community groups and provide training programs for employees as job openings become harder to fill, Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said. “I’m seeing that happening now, with a strong economy, where people are kind of recreating those networks,” Williams said Wednesday during a town hall event in Brooklyn, New York. Earlier in the day, he toured the borough, which included a stop at Pathways in Technology Early College High School, a six-year program in which students obtain an associate’s degree in computer science. “There’s a ... (full story)