Workforce Solutions:
Employers and organizations working together. Your Community Partners:
Grow Your Own
Attract
Connect
Attract and develop workers. Connect with them. Keep them.
Nurture & Retain
We Want You! We're working on recruiting letters , targeted to High School juniors and seniors, to help them see what Maryville has to offer.
Grow Your Own
Let's Talk: We're presenting to incoming freshmen about the community and job opportunities
Developing a workforce that starts with the students here at home.
We're Listening... We have a focus group and we're asking questions about shopping habits, work habits, etc. to try to see how we can better leverage that population and hopefully keep them here
Add Some Polish. Career Services and the Job Center offers trainings and services such as resume reviews, interview prep, networking, dining etiquette, etc…
What Can You Do? Explore offering apprenticeships and internships to build incoming talent. Attend transition fairs at schools. Connect with tech school faculty and guidance counselors. Your Community Partners:
Bring Them Back Campaign We've launched a marketing campaign that will focus on attracting residents, entrepreneurs and remote workers to Nodaway County.
Attract
Housing We're working with community partners to help solve housing issues in our area.
Childcare Attract quality workforce additions from outside of our community.
We're actively working with community partners to help solve the daycare shortage.
Asking the Questions. The Missouri Job Center Partners are working on unmeet needs surveys for employers and job seekers in the 18 county region. These will gauge knowledge of the Job Center system services and partners as well as how we can help them with recruitment and retention of employees.
What Can You Do? Revisit your benefits packages. Are your benefits relevant and competitive? Get social: Get in front of your potential employees with a campaign that highlights why people like to work for you. Share your ideas with us! How can we work together to solve housing issues? Support your community. A vibrant community that's welcoming helps attract staff, their spouses and families. Your Community Partners:
Let's Link Up
We talk with local groups to address questions and concerns about how to connect with college-aged people.
Making Matches We work with local employers to source for hiring roles in positions that may be filled with Northwest grads.
Connect
Interns & Hires We are focused on providing local employers with internship opportunities as well as connecting them with current college students .
Job Fairs: Coming up, there is a Red Carpet Job Fair for May 4th in St. Joseph, Grow Chili Job Fair for June 23 in Chilicothe and a Job Fair in Gentry County in May. We also have models for a drive through Job Fairs and Reverse Job Fairs.
Post Away! We moderate Nodaway County Employment Opportunities on Facebook.
What Can You Do? Connect to your community partners to find your seekers. Share your ideas with us! Your Community Partners:
We Can Help Retention is the name of the game right now! If you're ready to prioritize this, we can help with resources.
Nurture & Retain
Focus on Retention Empowering Employers Seminar by NWRCOG: The Job Center planning partners for this event are working on a plan to host these quarterly and move them around the 18 county region. The next will be planned for the Chillicothe and Trenton area and anticipate one in the Maryville area in late summer.
Reach Out Your local Job Center can help with retention AND recruitment. Let your community partners know what we can do to help. Contact Information:
Greater Maryville Chamber of Commerce: director@maryvillechamber.com Nodaway County Economic Development: developer@nodaway.biz Northwest Regional Council of Governments: kim@nwmorcog.org NWMSU Career Services: hannahc@nwmissouri.edu Missouri Job Center: rita@nwmorcog.org
Your Community Partners: