Feb 24, 2021
With a labor force encompassing a 19-county region, your Chamber and Industrial Foundation team, in partnership with the Development Corporation of Abilene, want to ensure we’re representing the collective interests of our local employers by helping to serve as a bridge between the education and talent needs of our Abilene business community. Starting every other week, our team is pleased to introduce to you a twist on our Daily Business Brief - Workforce Wednesday. We’ll be highlighting workforce data, local job opportunities, training resources and more to help provide you with more tools for your team to succeed.

For questions about Workforce Wednesday, please reach out to our Director of Talent and Development, Marissa Ransted.

Along with Office of the Governor Greg Abbott, we are encouraging Texans to complete the Self Reporting Damage Survey to help the state identify damages across Texas and help emergency management officials gain an understanding of damages that occurred during the recent winter weather. Reporting damage to the Texas Division of Emergency Management is a voluntary activity, is not a substitute for reporting damage to an insurance agency, and does not guarantee disaster relief assistance.

Click here to report your damages!
FREE VIRTUAL TRAINING AND RESOURCES
Wednesday, 24 February | 2 PM – 3 PM CT

In this webinar training event, we’ll walk you through the most effective apps and features within Microsoft 365 and how they can help you become more productive and organized. We’ll also go over the security features that can help keep your files out of the hands of cybercriminals. 
This training webinar is free and available to both clients and the general public.

Thursday, 4 March | 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM CT

Employers and Potential Employees may register.
Tuesday, 2 March | 10:30 AM – 12 PM CT

To help you with the economic uncertainty and to help forecast recovery, your Chamber in partnership with America’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Texas Tech, is pleased to bring you an Economic Outlook Seminar on March 2 featuring renowned economist Dr. Mark Dotzour.

Please join us for a virtual keynote presentation from Dr. Mark G. Dotzour presented by America's SBDC at Texas Tech.
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ABILENE IS STILL HIRING

Check out openings from Chamber members. Postings are a free benefit for members - let us know if you'd like to add yours to the listing! 



WE NEED YOUR INPUT

Abilene Industrial Foundation is wanting to learn more about the remote working with our area businesses. Give your feedback on this new style that allows professionals to work outside of a traditional office environment. We appreciate your time!

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WHAT WE'RE READING

Leveraging Collective Impact to Advance Racial Equity

The Metro Atlanta Chamber recently announced the ATL Action for Racial Equity initiative. This multi-year, multi-step action plan is designed to help address the ongoing effects of systemic racism impacting Atlanta's Black community. Learn how the more than 150 metro Atlanta-based companies will work together to leverage the size, scale and expertise of the region’s business community to advance racial equity.



The Economic Development Generation Gap: Premature Retirement Changes the Profession

COVID-19 has caused a trend of forced early retirement for older economic developers and accelerated a generational shift of power in the profession of economic development. 

ABOUT: Workforce Wednesday content and newsletter is created in partnership with the Abilene Chamber, the Abilene Industrial Foundation and the Development Corporation of Abilene - Develop Abilene Team.