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Why You Can’t Hire Your Way Out

Construction Business Owner

And blending smart automation with company goals can move your office team from tactical to strategic to help meet hiring needs and daunting revenue projections. Centralize certifications for performance management, career planning and compliance processes. Improve productivity and engagement through employee training. .

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The Jarretts also said they were able to grow their team (and office space) in Lincoln a lot faster and with a lot less capital than it would have taken in Northern California. ACHIEVEMENT IN SITE CERTIFICATION. We have two winners for this year’s award for Achievement in Site Certification: Indiana Economic Development Corp.

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Shovel-Ready Sites: Ready To Hit The Ground Running

Business Facilities

are implementing site certification programs that give available sites a shovel ready designation—meaning that the site is primed and ready for economic development. To achieve certification, sites go through a rigorous review process. States across the U.S. The outcome?

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REHAU's First North American Plant Celebrates 50 Years in Operation

Contractor Magazine

In addition, the company presently operates out of 6 plants, 1 logistics center and 11 sales offices in the U.S., celebrates plant opening in Wisconsin. Today, REHAU employs more than 200 people in sales, customer service and manufacturing positions across its facilities in the nearby town of Baie d'Urfé, Quebec.

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FEATURE STORY: Workforce Development Programs – The Recipe For Success

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They were so impressed by what FastStart could do to improve the efficiency of their operations, that Gardner Denver closed a much larger Wisconsin plant and kept the Louisiana plant open—expanding it to about 300 jobs, including contract workers. site where they employed 71 people.

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FEATURE STORY: Nothing Matters More Than Talent

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AIDT’s workforce selection and training processes have achieved the world’s first ISO 9001:2008 certification for a state-funded workforce training program. One of our struggles has been keeping up with the demand for multi-craft industrial maintenance techs and welders,” said Jacqueline Allen, AIDT’s Public Information Officer. “We

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Location Focus: New York – The Empire State Leverages Its Strengths

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following California and Wisconsin. Six nationally ranked colleges and universities offer local worker training and certification programs, as well as proven research and development, and product commercialization assistance. Back office and call center operations are expanding. In early 2014, U.S.