Key Steps to Satisfying Workforce Needs
22 Aug 2023
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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics most recent report released on March 10, 2023, the unemployment rate for March was 3.5 percent. The unemployment rate has hovered at this level over the last 12 months, ranging between 3.5 percent and 3.7 percent, except for in January 2023 where it dipped to 3.4 percent, which was the lowest rate since 1969. During times of low unemployment, employers may struggle to meet their hiring and retention needs for a skilled workforce. Without a skilled workforce, industries find themselves struggling to maintain production levels to meet customers’ needs and sales or growth goals.
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The skilled trades are at a pivotal moment in time. More than a decade of understaffing issues remain unresolved as the Great Retirement looms, and current economic uncertainty is shifting budget priorities away from workforce development at many organizations. As for the next decade, the U.S. Bureau of Labor (BLS)...
For a man raised in Southern Louisiana and a woman of Mexican descent raised in California, Holdrege seemed like an unlikely place to live and start a business.
However, Willis Courville, Jr., and his fiancée Cynthia Alfaro have found Holdrege is the perfect place to launch their dream business,...
PCDC Launches Updated Website
Aug 17 2023The Phelps County Development Corporation has launched a refreshed website with new photographs, videos and a more prominent retail section.
The new look features the faces of Phelps County people and is intended to be more user-friendly to site consultants and people looking to move to the area...
