Guest column: Preparing students for the Triangle’s IT job market
The IT employment landscape, just like all hiring trends, is constantly changing.
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Study shows employees want, need additional education to embrace AI
While employers know they need to add staff with a strong combination of AI and critical thinking skills, almost 75% say they struggle to find that combined skill set, and that employees will need additional training and education.
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NC TECH, MetLife join to create Center for Technology Workforce Innovation
The NC TECH | MetLife Center for Technology Workforce Innovation will serve as a hub for the state’s tech employers and employees providing resources, thought leadership and collaboration with the overarching goal of fostering growth and vitality in North Carolina’s technology sector.
Read MoreCommunity college enrollment is down. Here’s what will happen to workers and the US economy if it doesn’t come back
Even as employers nationwide are struggling to find qualified workers, community college enrollment is barely beginning to recover from a two-decade steady decline and an even steeper dive when the Covid-19 pandemic hit.
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NC furniture company closes unexpectedly with 500 layoffs, second furniture company to close this month
Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams first opened in 1989 and was ranked #60 in the most recent FDMC300 list of North American wood product companies.
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Wake County Economic Development survey seeks insights to regional workforce needs
Workforce quality is a key indicator for the region’s growth and vitality according to the WCED. The economic development organization and its parent organization, the Raleigh Chamber, are seeking to use the survey data to anticipate developing needs.
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Where to find workers? NC thought leaders, execs talk strategy, tools, obstacles
On the heels of National Small Business Week, entrepreneurs were treated to a day of sessions devoted to helping them identify, recruit, and train talent. While unemployment remains well under 4% and with nationally some 9 million job openings, companies from small to large, new to established, face workforce challenges. There are ways to fight the problem, executives were told Tuesday.
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Small businesses, workforce development pros to tackle post-pandemic talent issues
Small Business owners, entrepreneurs, and Workforce Development professionals will be headed to the RTI Holden Building Tuesday for a full day of collaboration. NC IDEA and the North Carolina Association of Workforce Development Boards are partnering to host the event, focused on tackling small business challenges and sharing best practices.
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Report: NC at ‘forefront’ of clean energy transformation which could mean more jobs, investment
A new report on economic development argues that NC is likely to continue to attract major investment, due to an expanding clean energy sector across the state.
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