VEDP Talent Accelerator Program - a podcast by WHRO Public Media

I’m Jeff Tanner, Dean of the Strome College of Business, and this is a Strome Business Minute. I was on a call with several local business owners talking about the challenges facing our region’s ability to grow. While the world may have seemed pretty good pre-COVID, Hampton Roads was actually last in economic growth among region’s our size. One of the biggest limitations is finding talent – especially skilled trades for manufacturing. To address the issue, the Virginia Economic Development Partnership and the Virginia Community College System announced the Virginia Talent Accelerator, a program designed to recruit and train workers at no cost to qualified new and expanding companies so that they can expand jobs. The services are customized to the needs of the company and the jobs they are trying to fill. It doesn’t stop there, as they also offer ongoing organizational development support to create a culture that optimizes performance. This has been a Strome Business Minute, presented by the Strome College of Business at Old Dominion University.

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