Quality Workforce Development Committee Wage Survey Regional Industry Clusters Training Job Links Excelerator

Workforce - Wage Survey

A growing population in North Texas provides area companies with access to a workforce of more than 3.1 million; those numbers are expected to exceed seven million in the next 15 years. Current employment in Tarrant County is 841,913 with an unemployment rate staying at just over 4.0%.

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Workforce - Regional Industry Clusters

The Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Workforce Summit, an annual event since 2001, produced Regional Industry Clusters for the area. These business-driven work groups consist of key industry leaders and focus on creating a qualified workforce to meet projected industry demands in aerospace, semiconductors, health care and logistics. Some of the participating business leaders include:

• Math & Science Readiness  
  Project Chair — TBD
  Cluster Manager — Valarie, WorkSource for Dallas County
  
  
• Aerospace 
  Project Chair — Tom Heiserman, Vice President of People and Organization Services, Lockheed Martin;
  Cluster Manager — Judy Bell, Workforce Solutions of Tarrant County
  
  
• Semiconductor
  Project Chair —  Nancy Rollins, TriQuint Semiconductor ;
  Cluster Manager — John Shellene, DFW Semiconductor & Technology Executive Council
  
  
• Health Care
  Project Chair — Britt Berrett, Medical City Dallas;
  Cluster Manager — Jennifer Stetter, WorkSource/ Greater Dallas Chamber
  
  
• Logistics
  Project Chair — Maria Smith-Brackenridge, Two Peppers Sales & Marketing;
  Cluster Manager — Kent Anderson, North Central Texas Workforce Board
  
  

Latest Presentation:

• TWC Conference Industry Cluster Presentation

2007 Regional Workforce Leadership Council Annual Report:

• 2007 Annual Report

Aerospace Careers Brochure:

• Brochure

In the News:

• High-tech job training available free
  Weatherford Democrat
• Students visit Workforce Solutions
  The Community Times

For more information contact:

Cynthia Fisher Miller
Senior Director of Workforce and Education
817-336-2491 x 240
cmiller@fortworthchamber.com

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Workforce - Training

Fort Worth has a variety of training programs available to staff any business with qualified personnel.  On the state level, the Skill Development Fund by the Texas Workforce Commission provides for immediate workforce needs of industries that have plant locations in Texas.  These programs are flexible; funds can be applied to classroom training, onsite training, remote training or other arrangements that meet a company’s needs.  The Skills Development Fund has a cap of $500,000 per project. 

In Fort Worth, Tarrant County College is a location for occupational training covered by the Skills Development Fund.  The program enables industry to have a voice in the training of prospective employees, so each firm can include its specific needs.

Program participation costs covered include 100 percent of instructor's salaries, instructional supplies and any other related items.

For more information on workforce training contact:

Cynthia Fisher Miller
Senior Director of Workforce and Education
817-336-2491 x 240
cmiller@fortworthchamber.com

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Job Links Excelerator

Job Links Excelerator is a two-hour forum every month for Fort Worth-Area employers to present immediate job opportunities to a broad base of candidate providers. Supporting the Fort Worth Chamber in producing this program are:

• Workforce Solutions
• The Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
• The Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce
• The American Indian Chamber of Commerce
• Tarrant County Asian American Chamber of Commerce

Upcoming Job Links Excelerator Schedule

Date Location/Sponsor Address

For more information on Job Links Excelerator contact:

Barbara Baganz
Workforce Development Coordinator
817-336-2491 x 236
bbaganz@fortworthchamber.com

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