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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. . . .

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. . . .

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 . . .

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 . . .