Industry Breakfast on Workforce

ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS NOW CLOSED. Limited walk-in availability.

Build Your Workforce: Act LOCALLY Now

Sign up Now For Strategies on Recruiting Hard-to-Find Qualified Employees

Presented by:
The Sacramento Metro Chamber & The Sacramento Business Journal

New local initiatives offer ways your organization can build the pipeline of qualified applicants among people living here now. These programs can grow a highly qualified workforce to meet the needs of business retention, expansion and attraction, at a time when Baby Boomers are retiring.

Featured Speakers:

Rick Larkey
Director of Workforce Development, North State BIA
Funded by a federal grant, the Home Builders' Institute is drawing hundreds of students into the building trades

Sandy Kirschenmann
Vice Chancellor, Los Rios CC District
Active with the nursing shortage issue, her presentation will embrace the full breadth of needs in the healthcare workforce locally, and programs to help.

Kaye Storm
Director of Special Projects, IISME
The Industry Initiatives for Science and Math Education is a paid summer fellowship program. Businesses have taken in more than 2,000 Bay Area teachers in all performance areas, and now it's coming to Sacramento.

Leroy Tripette
Education Manager, Intel Corp., Folsom
Intel is a driving force in workforce development. He will present a host of successful local programs in science, technology, engineering and math.

Why You Should Attend

Are your finding it's easy to draw enough qualified applicants for your available positions? (95 percent say it's hard) This event will give you the lay of the land about the local workforce … and present a whole range of steps to take, and strategies, to meet your needs for people.

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