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Last week, the Greater Akron Chamber, like many other companies and organizations, published a statement on economic inclusion. While we know it is important to tell the community where we stand as an organization, we believe it is even more important to show action on issues within the reach of the business community to advance

The ways to connect job seekers with employers in Northeast Ohio are evolving because of conditions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Many businesses have had to change what they do and how they do it, in part to help slow the spread of the virus and in some instances to retool to help others fight

Online retailing giant Amazon isn’t ready quite yet to start hiring for its massive fulfillment center being built on Romig Road in Akron. But Amazon had a high profile presence at the kickoff of a new regional jobs program aimed at connecting job seekers with employers Tuesday evening at Buchtel Community Learning Center off Copley

AKRON, Ohio – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded a four-year, $2.3 million grant to the Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority as part of a job-training and education program for families living in the Summit Lake Apartments. Joseph Galvan, HUD’s Midwest regional administrator, presented the grant Thursday at Summit Lake as part

The Akron Public School district is making history this year: it’s transforming the way students are educated. This fall, the district rolled out a College & Career Academies educational model in every high school. Officials say the success of an academies pilot launched at North High School in 2017 gave the district the green light to move

CLEVELAND, Ohio – It’s called the “transportation paradox” and it goes like this. “No car, no job; no job, no car.” Acknowledging that a dependable ride to work is a stumbling block to permanent employment, several local organizations are offering the “Paradox Prize” as a solution to the transportation dilemma, according to the Fund for

Ohio’s racial income gap held steady in 2018 despite growing wider in Summit County and Akron than in just about any year since the Great Recession. That’s according to U.S. Census Bureau data released Thursday. The annual estimates on America’s more populous counties and cities cover key demographic and economic indicators like poverty and unemployment,

COLUMBUS, Ohio — These recent headlines tell the tale. Despite competitive wages and benefits offered by manufacturers, a persistent shortage of qualified, skilled workers is holding back Ohio’s economic growth. Low unemployment is only compounding the problem. Because manufacturing represents nearly one-fifth of the Buckeye State’s GDP – contributing $108 billion a year, more than

When Ava Marvin learned there would be a manufacturing camp at Theodore Roosevelt High School in Kent for middle schoolers, she knew she wanted to participate. She’s always been interested in engineering, and a few months ago, the Stanton Middle School seventh-grader started a cellphone-making business with her friend Zach Toth, 12, so the Makers

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 for help. ConxusNEO president Sue Lacy said she’s soliciting a couple of thousand chief information officers and other highly placed IT professionals in Lorain, Cuyahoga,