OMA’s 2023 Workforce Services Roadmap Now Available
For the past six years, the Ohio Manufacturers’ Association Workforce Roadmap has helped guide Ohio’s manufacturing sector by outlining top priorities and strategies aimed at protecting and growing Ohio manufacturing. The most recent Roadmap, which was released January 27, 2023, can be found here.
The Workforce Roadmap outlines the following as top priorities for modern manufacturing workforce development in 2023:
- Expand earn-and-learn programs to engage, evaluate, and employ recruits.
- Accelerate the development of a statewide Innovation/Industry 4.0 education and workforce development environment.
- Develop the structures and processes that help manufacturers hire and retain workers through a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion lens.
- Strengthen and expand the capacity of OMA’s ISPs (Industry Sector Partnerships).
Register Now for the 2023 Ohio Business Matchmaker
For a more than a decade, the Ohio Business Matchmaker has connected small businesses to government contracting opportunities. As one of the largest business to government matchmaking events in the state, businesses interested in working with the federal, state, or local government have the opportunity to meet with representatives to market and sell their goods and services.
read moreClinton County Port Authority Proud to be an SBDC Ambassador
The Clinton County Port Authority (CCPA) is proud to be one of 50 Ambassadors for the 2023 SBDC Day on March 15, 2023. The day is a national, collective proclamation of the impact America’s Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) have on the success of our nation’s dreamers, innovators, and doers – America’s small businesses.
read moreNow’s the time to Tune up your BRE Program and Take advantage of Early Bird Discounts
OEDI’s Business Retention & Expansion (BRE) Course is taking place May 25 – 26, in Dublin, Ohio. The course is an intensive two-day in person course that focuses on how economic developers work with companies to help them succeed, grow and expand in their community.
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