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Workforce development groups ConxusNEO in Akron and RITE in Cleveland are hoping to get their arms around the region's information technology workforce needs so they can be better met, and the groups are asking . . .

Team NEO is trying to take its skills-gap data into the real world. The latest edition of the Aligning Opportunities report was released in May 2018. The report identifies areas of job . . .

Efforts are underway to better connect companies that have jobs openings in the Greater Akron area with tens of thousands of local residents either seeking work or who want better . . .

Husted, who is heading the state's InnovateOhio office, will be the keynote speaker at ConxusNEO's Align conference on Thursday, April 11. The event brings together employers, educators and workforce groups . . .

WEST AKRON — Akron Urban League (AUL) and ConxusNEO officials have partnered to create IGNITE, a demand-driven, career-oriented workforce development program. Officials plan to host an open house about the . . .

[caption id="attachment_1947" align="aligncenter" width="625"] ConxusNEO is working with the Akron Public Schools to help nurture talent for high-demand, high-wage career pathways. (PHOTOS PROVIDED BY COLLEGE CAREER ACADEMIES OF AKRON)[/caption] A . . .

In a fortunate turn of events, Bryce Green was standing on the metal, maze-like balcony above the floor of the bustling Ford Rouge Factory on Tuesday instead of sitting in . . .

Since the April announcement that longtime Cleveland-based economic development professional Steve Millard would take over as president and CEO of the Greater Akron Chamber, chairman Marc Merklin has fielded inquires about whether his board’s choice of leadership signals a move toward greater regionalism. The underlying issue — a persistent worry among some — is that the Rubber City’s identity could be at stake.

On Wednesday, ConxusNEO, an organization that helps make connections between local businesses and education, celebrated five area students who have been awarded full-time employment with local manufacturers company right after their high school graduations.