Employers find new ways to attract, retain workers
Talan Products Inc. employs 85 people and hopes to expand in the next few years. That may not be easy at a time when there is about one person looking . . .
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Ohio’s Paradox Prize projects offer transit solutions for car-dependent communities
Getting on board with public transit options can help employers recruit and retain workers, while also promoting equity and reducing some greenhouse gas emissions. That approach helped Laketran, Ohio’s Lake . . .
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Why Did 400,000+ Quit Jobs in Region? It’s Complicated, Study Finds
CLEVELAND – As businesses seek to hire, retain their workforces or simply keep the doors open at their sites, many have been begun to ask, “Where are the workers?” Recent . . .
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The value of people, the power of place
Bad news: Approximately 20% of your workers are considering quitting their job. Better news: About half say something could be done to get them to stay. And, while a majority . . .
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Where Are the Workers? Project launches website with new data and insights for Northeast Ohio
The Where Are the Workers? project launched a new website where it will publish new insights from its research.Courtesy of The Fund for Our Economic Future CLEVELAND, Ohio — Where . . .
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Where are the workers in Greater Akron? ‘Right under your nose,’ chamber president says
As businesses have struggled with finding enough employees, Akron-based workforce development agency ConxusNEO decided to find out where the workers have gone. Its report — titled “Where Are the Workers?” . . .
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Will people rejoin the workforce? How many workers will quit this year? Survey of 5,000 Northeast Ohioans offers clues
Data from a recent survey shows more people who aren't employed aren't looking for a new job.The Fund For Our Economic Future CLEVELAND, Ohio — Despite the all the turnover during the . . .
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Sue Lacy to depart role as President at ConxusNEO
Following seven years of leadership working to improve Summit County’s workforce ecosystem, Sue Lacy has announced plans for her departure from her role as President of ConxusNEO, a key Summit . . .
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The Great Resignation, while hard on businesses, is putting workers in a position of power
America is seeing an unprecedented number of people quitting their jobs. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that in December alone, nearly 6 million workers left for something better. The "Great Resignation" . . .
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Where are all the workers? Employers finding higher wages alone not enough to lure people
If preliminary data for November hold true, Summit and Portage counties have never had this few unemployed workers in 25 years of recordkeeping at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. "But it can be a little bit . . .
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