Workforce Development: Helping Your Business Zoom
29 Sep 2016
Having a strong pool of talent to hire from helps businesses zip ahead. Likewise, companies that struggle to fill openings with qualified candidates are at risk of running on empty.
That’s why workforce development is so important – and why Governor Mark Dayton has proclaimed September Workforce Development Month.
“Strengthening the talent pool is a critical part of the workforce development equation,” said Rick Caligiuri, director of DEED’s Unemployment Insurance Program and interim director of DEED’s Employment and Training Programs Division.
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