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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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Ohio awards more than $2.5 million in Industry Sector Partnership grants
Northeast Ohio is set to receive the bulk of funding from Industry Sector Partnership grants awarded by the state's Office of Workforce Transformation that are aimed at improving workforce outcomes . . .
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A survey of Northeast Ohio employers and workers aims to shed light on hiring struggles
A new survey on the labor force in Northeast Ohio aims to find out why employers have struggled to hire since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The “Where Are . . .
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Where Are the Workers? New survey will ask thousands of real people to find out
CLEVELAND, Ohio — No one seems to know how to solve the labor shortage, but the Fund for Our Economic Future is embarking on an important step to find solutions . . .
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