Local Workforce Issues

 

 

 

We address workforce issues that affect the local business climate in order to improve the quality of our labor pool and, ultimately, our economy.

 

• Train for rapid advances in technology

• Improve workplace ethics

• Address skill and/or labor shortages

• Empower people with disabilities to find jobs

• Maintain a competitive workforce pool

• Accommodate a flexible workforce

• Workplace safety

• Identify the evolving definition of skills

• Encourage a diverse workforce

• Alleviate language barriers for migrant workers

• Combat globalization of the workforce

• Study the impact of personal life on work

• Deal with an aging workforce

• Increase minorities in the building trades industry

• Promote career awareness in the schools

 

 

 

Business Partnerships

 

 

 

Our board partners with businesses to identify high growth industries specific to our workforce area.  Equally as important, we are working with educational institutions and community organizations to educate and train our workforce to fill these jobs.

 

 

 

The U.S. Department of Labor projects that the following twelve high-growth industries will provide a substantial number of new jobs and significantly impact the overall economy:

 

• Healthcare

• Construction

• Information Technology

• Hospitality

• Advanced Manufacturing

• Biotechnology

• Geospatial Technology

• Financial Services

• Retail

• Transportation

• Automotive Technology

• Energy