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This month's issue is dedicated to the hot topic of workforce development. We are pleased to bring you timely stories and articles from NTEA and business publications.
A perspective on workforce development 

By Adam Keane, NTEA President
Executive Vice-President, Allied Body Works Inc. (Seattle, Washington)

In recent years, NTEA's Board of Trustees identified workforce development as a main focus area, creating a Workforce Development Task Force. After discussing the topic with representatives from fellow member companies, it seems we all have a different take on the issue. In the April edition of NTEA News, Workforce Development Task Force Chairman Craig Bonham, vice president of sales and business development at Reading Truck Group, wrote an article highlighting hiring and retention challenges the group seeks to address. The goal is to help member companies find, train and retain skilled talent in order to develop the workforce needed to keep our industry moving forward.  Full story

In the news ...

Toyota issues $1.7 million grant to fund workforce development at Southwest ISD
A drum roll, mariachi music and a robotic vehicle delivering a giant check for $1.7 million were all part of a Monday morning event where Japanese automaker Toyota issued a grant to help fund an advanced manufacturing workforce development program at San Antonio's Southwest Independent School District.  Full story

Google exec sees long list of workforce development issues 

Five years ago, House Speaker Robert DeLeo penned a missive in a Silicon Valley news outlet encouraging Facebook's founder to take another look at the Bay State, where the social network company was conceived.
On Wednesday, it was another tech giant - Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google's parent Alphabet - sharing a stage with the speaker on a panel at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to talk about workforce development and issues large and small. Full story