This is the fourth 2022 program in the quarterly Spotlight Series designed to bring the right people together at the right time to spark innovation, inspire ideas and align our community around common goals. Each quarter features a different theme to spotlight progress and illuminate issues that are opportunities for growing business, activating high-impact leaders and building a strong and diverse place to visit, live, invest, work and play.
Workforce development and labor shortages are the largest issues facing our local business community. Employers both large and small across all business sectors are feeling the strain of having open positions without people to fill them. What can be done to address these issues? What are the Chamber and our local educators doing to solve it and help our business community?
The 4th Quarter Spotlight Series will help answer these questions and more. This event will be a panel discussion featuring Dr. Jeff Perry (Superintendent of Rogers Public Schools), Dr. Dennis Rittle (President of Northwest Arkansas Community College), and Dr. Joe Rollins (Director of Workforce Development for the NWA Council) moderated by Kyle Kellams (News Director with KUAF and creator of Ozarks at Large) discussing workforce development efforts across the region. Discussion points will include how the problem was started, current efforts to solve the problem, and what more can be done moving forward. This event is also a great chance to meet the new educational leadership for Rogers Public Schools and NWACC.
Details:
What: Spotlight Series: Workforce Development and Labor Shortages
When; DEC 6 AT 4 AM – DEC 6 AT 6 AM UTC+08
Where: 5111 W. J.B. Hunt Drive, Rogers
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