Mountain Area Works Highlights
- WNC Career Expo is tomorrow
- More Businesses Want to Hire People With Criminal Records Amid Tight Job Market
- Manufacturing MFG Day 2022
- How advanced manufacturing is transforming WNC's economy
- Governor Cooper Proclaims North Carolina Manufacturing Week
- Groundbreaking planned for $80 million industrial park in Flat Rock
- Madison County Career Fair is October 18
- Automation threatens jobs for more than 80% of local industries
- Disruption over Destruction: New data helps shed light on the NC labor market's exposure to automation
- Asheville metro 3.2% unemployment rate for August 2022
- Who is Going to do the Work?
- Spark Robotic's move into former Honeywell building in Mars Hill celebrated
- Scottish manufacturer creating up to 200 jobs at new Fletcher facility
- Land of Sky Regional Council receives $1.44 million to support job training in high demand careers in partnership with AB Tech and Blue Ridge Community College
- What happened to NC's Restaurant Workers After the COVID-19 Recession?
- Chatter with Business NC featuring Chris Chung, CEO, Economic Development Partnership of NC (EDPNC)
- Seniors are stuck home alone as health aides flee for higher-paying jobs
- Why Are Companies Still Hiring When GDP Is Shrinking?
- After four months of historic low unemployment, North Carolina's jobless rate rises slightly
- State of Our Workforce WNC survey results from 795 employers released
- NCWorks Career Center Asheville workshops October and November 2022
- 289 individuals filed an unemployment claim in our region for June 2022
- NCWorks: Work on What's Next
- Mountain Area Careers
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WNC Career Expo is tomorrow
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Great companies start with great people, and you’ll find both at the WNC Career Expo.
Plan to join us tomorrow, Tuesday, October 11 from 11 AM – 4 PM at the Davis Event Center at the WNC Agricultural Center, located at 761 Boylston Highway in Fletcher.
Presented by the Mountain Area Workforce Board and the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce.
Western North Carolina businesses and organizations are ready to promote career opportunities for job seekers in advanced manufacturing, technology, health care, tourism, professional services, and other high-growth industries. All job seekers are encouraged to attend this one-stop opportunity to meet directly with representatives from companies hiring now. Over 110 employers will be participating.
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WNC Career Expo
Great companies start with great people, and you'll find both at the WNC Career Expo. Plan to join us Tuesday, October 11 from 11 AM - 4 PM at the Davis Event Center at the WNC Agricultural Center, located at 761 Boylston Highway in Fletcher.
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www.ashevillechamber.org
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More Businesses Want to Hire People With Criminal Records Amid A Tight Job Market |
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More Businesses Want to Hire People With Criminal Records
Companies including banks, pharmacy chains and railroads have recognized so-called second-chance hiring can help them find more workers
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www.wsj.com
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Manufacturing MFG Day 2022 |
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Our manufacturers are in the middle of major campaigns to excite, inspire and educate the modern manufacturing workforce of today and tomorrow, saying in a unified voice: “Creators Wanted.” This Friday, we’re launching MFG Day 2022. MFG Day is manufacturing’s biggest annual opportunity to inspire the next generation to start careers in modern manufacturing through a series of focused events to promote manufacturing to students, parents and educators.
Manufacturers here in North Carolina and across the country will open their doors, providing a day-in-the-life look at shop floors, research centers, design teams and more. Manufacturers and business leaders across the country have a tremendous opportunity to shape the future of the modern workforce. This workforce will need a deeper understanding of digital technology, STEM and all the advanced technologies powering the next industrial revolution. We hope you’ll join us among the ranks of creators building the future.
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Expanding tech training will help fill skills gap
Our manufacturers are in the middle of major campaigns to excite, inspire and educate the modern manufacturing workforce of today and tomorrow, saying in a unified voice: “Creators Wanted.”
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www.newsobserver.com
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Yolanda Strong at Gaia Herbs in Brevard |
Tyler Coan at UPM Raflatac in Mills River |
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Susan Chandler at Advanced Superabrasives Inc. (ASI) in Mars Hill |
Brian Pollet at GE Aviation in Asheville |
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Employers look to sell new generation on manufacturing jobs |
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Employers look to sell new generation on manufacturing jobs
Yet WNC mfg is far from dead. With about 22,000 total employees, mfg still ranks as 5th-largest industry in the region including Buncombe, Henderson, Haywood, Madison and Transylvania counties...It also is the third-fastest growing employment sector.
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mountainx.com
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Governor Cooper Proclaims North Carolina Manufacturing Week |
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Governor Cooper Proclaims North Carolina Manufacturing Week
Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed October 2-8 North Carolina Manufacturing Week. Boasting the fifth-largest manufacturing economy in the United States, which grew 14% last year, and the largest manufacturing workforce in the southeast,
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www.commerce.nc.gov
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Groundbreaking planned for $80 million industrial park in Flat Rock |
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Groundbreaking planned for $80M industrial park in Flat Rock
The project includes four buildings and 654,216 square feet of Class A industrial/warehouse development on 65 acres, according to a news release from Oppidan Investment Company, the Minneapolis-based developer of the project.
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www.blueridgenow.com
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Madison County Career Fair is October 18 |
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Automation threatens jobs for more than 80% of top local industries |
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Automation threatens jobs for 80% of top local industries
According to the Land of Sky Regional Council, five of the region's six most prominent occupations are at risk of losing jobs.
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wlos.com
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Disruption over Destruction: New data helps shed light on the NC labor market's exposure to automation |
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NC labor market's exposure to automation
This analysis examines automation’s potential risk to North Carolina’s labor market, finding that automation will disrupt employment in some occupations but machines are unlikely to replace large segments of human labor.
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www.commerce.nc.gov
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Unemployment rate in Mountain Area region 3.2% as of August 2022. As of August 2022, 6,970 more people working compared to August 2021. 3,347 less people working compared to July 2022.
Unemployed Individuals by month:
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 219,473
Total Employed Labor Force 212,535
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Mountain Area WDB unemployment rate |
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Mountain Area WDB Labor Force |
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Mountain Area WDB Employed Individuals |
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Mountain Area WDB Unemployed Individuals |
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Asheville MSA Industry Jobs Compared To One Year Ago |
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Mountain Area WDB Job Openings |
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Mountain Area WDB Taxable Retail Sales |
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Asheville metro unemployment rate at 3.2%, lowest of any NC metro |
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Asheville metro now (as of August 2022) the lowest unemployment of any NC metro at 3.2%. This rate is 0.9% points lower than the metro unemployment rate of 4.1% of one year ago.
Buncombe 3.1%
Haywood 3.2%
Henderson 3.3%
Madison 3.5%
Transylvania 3.4%
Year over Year job growth by metro:
- Greensboro/High Point 0.7%
- Charlotte/Concord/Gastonia 0.4%
- Raleigh 0.4%
- Fayetteville 0.3%
- Hickory/Lenoir/Morganton 0.3%
- Wilmington 0.1%
- Goldsboro 0.0%
- Greenville 0.0%
- Jacksonville 0.0%
- Burlington -0.2%
- Asheville -0.2%
- Durham/Chapel Hill -0.3%
- New Bern -0.4%
- Winston-Salem -0.4%
- Rocky Mount -0.5%
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Who is Going to do the Work? |
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Who is going to do the work?
America's decades-long prioritization of the 4-year degree has pushed a new generation away from the skilled trades. What can industries that need skilled-trade workers do about it?
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lightcast.io
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Spark Robotic's move into former Honeywell building in Mars Hill celebrated |
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Spark Robotic's move into former Honeywell bldg celebrated
After Honeywell vacated its Micro Switch building in Mars Hill in 2012, the 110,000-square-foot building has largely been underutilized. That all changed when Spark Robotic owner Frank Johnson acquired the building last fall.
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www.citizen-times.com
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Scottish manufacturer creating up to 200 jobs at new Fletcher facility |
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Scottish biz creating up to 200 jobs @ new Fletcher facility
Global manufacturer Emtelle is one of the newest companies to announce an expansion in Fletcher. Emtelle will co-locate with sister corporation, Mainetti, at 300,000 square-foot facility in Fletcher, according to a news release on Emtelle’s website.
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www.blueridgenow.com
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Land of Sky Regional Council receives $1.44 million to support job training in high demand careers in partnership with AB Tech and Blue Ridge Community College |
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DOL awards $34.4M in grants improve access to jobs, training
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced today - in partnership with the Appalachian Regional Commission and the Delta Regional Authority - awards totaling $34,375,000, to provide education, training and supportive services.
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www.dol.gov
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Chatter with Business NC featuring Chris Chung, CEO, Economic Development Partnership of NC (EDPNC) |
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Business North Carolina's Weekly Podcast - Chatter BNC
Christopher Chung, CEO, Economic Development Partnership of NC (EDPNC) shares an update about current economic development trends in our state, nation and beyond.
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businessnc.com
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What happened to NC's Restaurant Workers After the COVID-19 Recession? |
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What Happened to North Carolina's Restaurant Workers?.
We all know how difficult it is to find restaurant workers these days. In this article, we use data from the North Carolina Common Follow-up System (CFS) to determine what happened to all those people who were working in North Carolina's bars . . .
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www.commerce.nc.gov
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Seniors are stuck home alone as health aides flee for higher-paying jobs |
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Seniors stuck @ home alone, aides flee 4 higher-paying jobs
While more elderly seek home care to age in place, low-wage workers are finding easier jobs with equal or better pay in retail and restaurants
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www.washingtonpost.com
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Why Are Companies Still Hiring When GDP Is Shrinking? |
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Why Are Companies Still Hiring When GDP Is Shrinking?
A persistent economic puzzle is why the labor market is still strong amid slowing growth and high inflation. Many employers say they continue to struggle with staffing shortages and are reluctant to cut head count.
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www.wsj.com
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After four months of historic low unemployment, North Carolina's jobless rate rises slightly |
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North Carolina's jobless rate rises slightly
North Carolina's historically low unemployment rate rose slightly in August.
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wlos.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 September and October 2022 |
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289 people filed for unemployment benefits in our region June 2022 |
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Buncombe: 214
Henderson: 59
Madison: 8
Transylvania: 8
TOTAL: 289
Unemployment Claims by Sector in our Region
Leisure & Hospitality 43 (14.9%)
Trade Transportation & Utilities 50 (17.3%)
Unclassified/Unknown 27 (9.3%)
Educational & Health Services 58 (20.1%)
Manufacturing 26 (9.0%)
Other Services 9 (3.1%)
Professional & Business Services 45 (15.6%)
Construction 12 (4.2%)
Financial Activities 10 (3.5%)
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Public Administration (Not disclosed)
Natural Resources & Mining 0 (0.0%)
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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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