WIB hosts open house for legislators
The WIB informed legislators of the latest innovations and impact of workforce development efforts in Southwest Missouri on Friday. Two Missouri House representatives and two aides for a federal senator and congressman attended the tour and program, held Friday morning at the Joplin Job Center. Following a tour of the facilities and layout of servicesRead More
WorkforceZone Winter 2015 Edition
It’s part annual report and part professional journal. The Winter 2015 edition of WorkforceZone looks at recent impact and innovation along with emerging opportunities in workforce development for Southwest Missouri and the greater Four-States Area. Check out the downloadable PDF online (18mb) for the following features. KOAM and KSN TV covered a legislative open houseRead More
Neosho Job Center opens in March
Missouri’s newest affiliate of the American Job Center opens in March at 1110 W. Harmony, Suite C in Neosho. The new location on Harmony, which is also Missouri Highway 86, provides stronger visibility in the commercial sector of northwest Neosho. Along with more space to serve customers, the new AJC features a dedicated computer training labRead More
JET helps your workforce soar to new heights
You need to grow your workforce to stay ahead, but still keep the bottom line in check. Every company is unique and has a learning curve before new employees can be productive. Job Experience Training (JET) eases the cost burden of the training phase for eligible new hires. Eligible companies can have part or all ofRead More
WorkReady counties advance to next level
The Certified Work Ready Communities initiative makes headway in three more counties locally. Dade and McDonald Counties in Southwest Missouri gained approval as Work Ready Communities in Progress. This brings the Southwest Missouri workforce region into full participation with CWRC. Joining the effort in Northeast Oklahoma is Ottawa County. As Oklahoma’s first county in ACT’s BrightRead More
NCRC boosts workforce rankings for states
The ACT National Career Readiness Certificate was recently mentioned in an article in Site Selection magazine, a publication devoted to corporate real estate strategy and economic development. The article outlines the need to address the shortage of technically skilled workers in today’s the labor market through economic development and training. It goes on to introduceRead More
How Human Centered Design enhances the workforce system
As Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) brings a new era of strategy and service to the nation’s public workforce system, local WIOA implementers can maximize their effectiveness with a better approach to understanding customers. That’s one of the key messages shared by the U.S. Department of Labor during their Sector Strategies Convening held earlier this monthRead More
New tools dig deeper into posted job openings
Decision-makers now have more options for judging the region’s economic health. Job Posting Analytics (JPA) provide a real-time peek at which industry sectors are hiring, the intensity of postings and how many are unique, comparisons of new hires vs. postings, and which employers are posting most often. JPA joins a dynamic suite of research services availableRead More
Competitive Workforce
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Growing Businesses
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