The partnership is working on not only a state model, but a national model for how to handle workforce development, which Greater Springfield Partnership President and CEO Mike McDorman said the differentiator is from a job’s perspective and the ability to articulate to prospects how they’re going to get them the workforce.
The model is built on a collaborative of businesses, nonprofits to government who meet and discuss the issues. McDorman explained that with developing technology, there’s the ability to test students, their attitudes, likes, dislikes and what they want to do, then “tie” the careers into that and show the number of jobs they can take advantage of locally.
“That is going to be a huge paradigm shift for how we not only grow talent in Springfield, but how we retain it and we believe we have a huge opportunity there,” he said.
Institutions such as Clark State College have taken steps to prepare area…
