The Northern Arizona Council of Governments (NACOG) is developing plans to support the economic recovery. NACOG Regional Director Teri Drew says the Economic and Workforce Development (EWD) division is striving to help solve unemployment in the region with the Economic Development Administration Recovery and Resilience Plan. The initiative, created in partnership with Arizona Town Hall and Northern Arizona University, was developed in response to adverse economic conditions such as the … [Read more...] about NACOG Connecting Workers with Employers
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The Changing Face of America’s Workforce
The aging of mainly Caucasian Americans born after World War II coupled with an immigration increase in the racial and ethnic composition of the country “have huge implications” for how employers “allocate resources and make decisions about education, training and hiring,” according to a March Brookings Institution analysis. “As Minnesota and the region go, so goes the nation, which is becoming ever more diversified, with an overall decline in the percentage of whites, and increase in people … [Read more...] about The Changing Face of America’s Workforce