- First in Talent Town Hall is this Thursday, July 27 - register now!
- Land of Sky Regional Council Summer BBQ - you are invited!
- Blue Ridge Community College Nursing Students Earn 100% Pass Rate on National Exam
- This Is AB Tech
- Workers Have Choices. Will They Choose You?
- Flood of Workers Has Made the Fed's Job Less Painful. Can It Persist?
- Americans in Their Prime Are Flooding Into the Job Market
- These 10 states are America's best at producing workers that employers want to hire
- Boys & Girls Club of Henderson County provides a pathway to higher education
- The Burning Glass Institute - Labor Market Update July 2023
- Education was once the No. 1 major for college students. Now it's an afterthought.
- NC is the top state for business
- Transylvania County honored by the NC Economic Developers Association
- My Daddy Taught Me That will pay Asheville kids to go to school this summer
- The Last Days of Papertown
- Asheville metro unemployment rate 2.8% for May 2023
- Crafting Local Talent: bring out talent already in our community
- Asheville metro economy and labor market overview
- More people working than ever before NC's unemployment rate drops to 3.3%
- Sate of Our Workforce WNC survey results from 795 employers released
- NCWorks Career Center Asheville workshops July and August 2023
- Mountain Area Careers
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First in Talent Town Hall - register now! |
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Land of Sky Regional Council Summer BBQ - you are invited! |
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Blue Ridge Community College Nursing Students Earn 100% Pass Rate on National Exam |
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Nursing Students Earn 100% Pass Rate on National Exam
Blue Ridge Community College's 2023 nursing graduates pose outside the Health Sciences Center in Hendersonville in April, 2023.
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www.blueridge.edu
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Workers Have Choices. Will They Choose You? |
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Workers Have Choices. Will They Choose You?
At the National Fund, we believe that a good job is a competitive advantage. And that has never been truer than during this current moment, which has been dubbed the "Great Resignation.
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nationalfund.org
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Flood of Workers Has Made the Fed's Job Less Painful. Can It Persist? |
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Americans in Their Prime Are Flooding Into the Job Market |
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Flood of Workers Has Made the Fed's Job Less Painful
Federal Reserve officials thought job gains would taper off more, but they've remained strong. An improving supply of workers has been crucial.
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www.nytimes.com
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Americans in Their Prime Are Flooding Into the Job Market
The share of people between 25 and 54 either working or seeking jobs rose this year to the highest level since 2002.
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www.wsj.com
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These 10 states are America's best at producing workers that employers want |
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These 10 states are America’s best at producing talent
Where have all the workers gone? The question is plaguing everyone from business owners to policymakers to consumers.
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www.cnbc.com
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Boys & Girls Club of Henderson County provides pathway to higher education |
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Boys & Girls Club Henderson Co provides pathway to higher ed
Over the past year, the Boys & Girls Club of Henderson County has returned to pre-pandemic levels of engagement, serving more than 1,000 young people in western North Carolina.
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iei.ncsu.edu
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Why Is It So Hard to Get a Plumber to Even Call You Back? |
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Why Is It So Hard to Get a Plumber to Even Call You Back?
The same is true with pretty much any skilled tradesperson these days. Don't take it personally: There are all sorts of explanations, and only some may be your fault.
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www.wsj.com
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The Burning Glass Institute - Labor Market Update July 2023 |
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U.S. Labor Mrkt Outlook July 2023 - Burning Glass Institute
Surging Ahead: Amidst One of the Tightest Labor Markets on Record, Demand Is Thriving. What Lies Ahead?
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www.burningglassinstitute.org
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Education was once the No. 1 major for college students. Now it's an afterthought. |
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Education was once the No. 1 major for college students
Young people are turning away from teaching as a job, citing the low pay and uncertainty over education. "People feel demotivated," one student said.
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www.cbsnews.com
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NC is the top state for business in CNBC's ranking, again. Here's why. |
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NC is the top state for business in CNBC's ranking, again.
NC is the top state for business for a second year in a row, according to a new CNBC ranking. Here are the reasons the news outlet cited, and why the future is uncertain.
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www.newsobserver.com
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For 2nd Yr in a Row, CNBC Names NC as top state for business
CNBC has named North Carolina as America's Top State for Business in 2023 for the second year in a row. This morning, Governor Roy Cooper joined CNBC's Scott Cohn at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville for a live broadcast where the winner was revealed.
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www.commerce.nc.gov
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CNBC TOP STATES FOR BUSINESS
America's Top States for Business 2023: The full rankings
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www.cnbc.com
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Transylvania County honored by the NC Economic Developers Association"
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Top achievers honored by NC Economic Development Association
Deal of the Year - Small Market - Pisgah Labs - Transylvania County
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businessnc.com
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My Daddy Taught Me That will pay Asheville kids to go to school this summer |
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My Daddy Taught Me That pays kids 2 go 2 school this summer
Asheville's Black-led nonprofit My Daddy Taught Me That holding its fourth summer school academic program. Students even get paid up to $15 an hour.
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www.citizen-times.com
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The Last Days of Papertown |
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The Last Days of Papertown
For 115 years, the paper mill was central to Canton's identity - for better or worse. Now the town must figure out what comes next.
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www.theassemblync.com
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Unemployment rate in Mountain Area region was 2.8% as of May 2023. As of April 2023, 4,885 more people working compared to May 2022. 349 less people working compared to April 2023.
Unemployed Individuals by month (Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Madison and Transylvania Counties):
May 2023 6,752
April 2023 6,466
March 2023 6,916
February 2023 6,696
January 2023 6,808
December 2022 6,285
November 2022 6,781
October 2022 7,343
September 2022 5,953
August 2022 6,938
July 2022 6,562
June 2022 7,591
May 2022 6,792
April 2022 6,198
March 2022 6,347
February 2022 6,603
January 2022 6,669
December 2021 5,584
November 2021 6,038
October 2021 6,547
September 2021 6,917
Total Labor Force 226,662
Total Employed Labor Force 220,314
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Asheville MSA Industry Jobs Compared to One Year Ago |
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Asheville metro unemployment rate at 2.8%, lowest of any NC metro |
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Asheville metro now (as of May 2023) the lowest unemployment of any NC metro at 2.8%. This rate is down 0.3% from the metro unemployment rate of 3.1% of one year ago. All counties in our region have an unemployment rate lower than the statewide rate of 3.4%. Buncombe has the lowest unemployment rate of any NC county at 2.7%.
Buncombe 2.7%
Haywood 2.9%
Henderson 2.9%
Madison 3.3%
Transylvania 3.3%
Monthly job growth by metro:
- Durham/Chapel Hill 0.6%
- Charlotte/Concord/Gastonia 0.5%
- Goldsboro 0.5%
- Rocky Mount 0.5%
- Greensboro-High Point 0.4%
- Jacksonville 0.4%
- New Bern 0.4%
- Raleigh 0.4%
- Wilmington 0.4%
- Asheville 0.1%
- Hickory/Lenoir/Morganton 0.1%
- Winston-Salem 0.1%
- Greenville 0.0%
- Fayetteville -0.1%
- Burlington -0.3%
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Crafting Local Talent: bring out talent already in our community |
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Crafting Local Talent
Building Your Community's Workforce with the Workers You Already Have “The number of missing workers exceeds the labor shortage. Amazingly, if we were able to fully tap into missing workers, we could potentially end the labor shortage.”
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lightcast.io
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Asheville metro labor market overview and the State of the Land of Sky Economy |
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AVL metro labor market overview
Labor Market Conditions & Implications for Mountain Area Workforce System presentation by Jeff DeBellis, Director of Economic & Policy Analysis & Neil Harrington, Strategic Data Analyst, NC Dept of Commerce, Labor & Economic Analysis Division (LEAD)
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www.mountainareaworks.org
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The State of the Land of Sky Economy
Where are we now? the state of the Land of Sky economy presentation by Jeff DeBellis, Director of Economic & Policy Analysis & Neil Harrington, Strategic Data Analyst, NC Dept of Commerce, Labor & Economic Analysis Division (LEAD)
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www.mountainareaworks.org
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More people working than ever before - NC's unemployment rate drops to 3.3% |
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More people working in NC than ever before
Unemployment in North Carolina dropped in June to its lowest level since the pandemic - 3.3% - with 14,000 people finding jobs and the unemployed ranks declining more than 3,000. In fact, more people are working statewide than ever...
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wraltechwire.com
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State of Our Workforce WNC survey results from 795 employers released |
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Overall, respondents to the 2022 survey anticipate hiring between 22,150 and 44,140 total new employees in the next three years.
- Healthcare and Manufacturing Industry employers anticipate the largest hiring needs.
- Employers seek workers with degrees and credentials.
- Employers will rely on on-the-job training to develop and strengthen existing workforces.
- Employers cite housing cost/availability, wages and child care as the most significant obstacles to talent recruitment and retention.
- Employers continue to hire through friends and networks, but are also utilizing online job portals to source their talent.
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The average talent pipeline rating was 2.83 out of 5.
- Internships are the most preferred method of K-12 student engagement but methods vary by industry.
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The State of Our Workforce: Western NC
Our goal with The State of Our Workforce: Western NC is to identify solutions to close the skills gap and strengthen our local talent pool -which will ensure that companies in our area have the resources and people they need to succeed.
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www.ashevillechamber.org
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Challenges mountain biz owners likely to face in coming yrs
A new survey has provided insight into the successes and challenges of the workforce in Western North Carolina.
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wlos.com
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NCWorks Career Center Asheville workshops July and August 2023 |
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NC Jobs | Mountain Area Careers | Western North Carolina
Create Your Future in the Mountains of Western North Carolina. Find jobs from great employers. Earn a steady living and advance your career.
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www.mountainareacareers.org
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