Portage County Industrial Round Table
Announces Kick-off Meeting
April 24, 2012: Maximizing Workforce Incentives in Portage CountyRavenna, OH ? The Portage Development Board and the chambers of commerce of Portage County are sponsoring a quarterly Industrial Round Table.
The first event will be held on April 24, 2012 at the Maplewood Career Center in Ravenna starting at 7:30 am. The topic of the event is ?Maximizing Workforce Incentives in Portage County.?
These quarterly events will focus on business climate issues that companies have identified as having a major impact on their ability to conduct business. The goal of these roundtables is to find ways to improve and maintain a business climate that will enable companies to stay, to grow, to start-up, and to locate in Portage County, Ohio.
The event will feature a panel that will present on workforce assets in Portage County:
· Tim Beckner/Brian Boykin, Portage Workforce Connection will talk about helping to screen and recruit employees and on-the-job training incentives;
· Randy L. Griffith, Maplewood Career Center will talk about adult education, training facilities, and cooperative education;
· Michael Hinton, Fortis College will talk about available training programs;
· Greg Farabee, Kent State University The Center for Corporate and Professional Development, will talk about training resources for professional development and certificate programs for competency development;
· Matthew Falter, Northeast Regional Workforce Director for Jobs Ohio will talk about state training incentives.
?Last year we spoke to 89 manufacturing and industrial employers in Portage County and 46% said that they had a problem recruiting employees,? said Brad Ehrhart, President of the Portage Development Board. ?The chambers and the PDB believe that workforce development is a major business climate issue for our employers and we need to find ways to address this issue.?
The event will start with a continental breakfast/networking at 7:30 am at Maplewood Career Center, 7075 State Route 88 in Ravenna. The program will start at 8 am with panel presentations followed by questions and answers. The program will conclude at 9 am.
To register, please contact the Portage Development Board at 330-297-3470 or your local chamber of commerce. Persons who pre-register will pay $10 (cash or check) at the door. Persons who do not pre-register or need an invoice will pay $12.
The registration deadline is April 17, 2012.
Portage County Industrial Roundtable ...
Date and Time
Tuesday Apr 24, 2012
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM EDT
The event will start with a continental breakfast/networking at 7:30am
Meeting will conclude at 9am
Location
Maplewood Career Center
7075 State Route 88
Ravenna
Fees/Admission
To register, please contact the Portage Development Board at 330-297-3470 or Aurora Chamber of Commerce. Persons who pre-register will pay $10 (cash or check) at the door. Persons who do not pre-register pay $12 at the door.
Contact Information
Mary Sullivan - Aurora Chamber
Diana Fierle - Portage Development Board
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