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Work Talk — 80 episodes

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E72: Hiring Happens Here: Job Fairs That Power Local Workforce Growth

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E71: Recovery-Ready Regions: How Multi-State Partnerships Are Rebuilding Appalachia

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E70: Funding the Future of Work: A New Model for Workforce Foundations

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E69: Celebrating the People Who Power Workforce Development

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E68: From Data to Action: Building Smarter Workforce Systems

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E67: From Incarceration to Opportunity: Stories of Hope and Work

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E66: Mentoring, Learning, and Growing: YouthBuild’s Transformative Model

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E65: From Draft to Direction: The Workforce Development Planning Process

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E64: The Rural Health Workforce Challenge: Solutions in Action

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E63: Changing the Game: How GiveLocalNRV and the New River Mount Rogers Workforce Development Foundation Are Making an Impact

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E62: Workforce Innovations: Enhancing Capacity and Efficiency in Workforce Development

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E61: Transforming Lives: Stories of Reentry, Recovery, and Opportunity

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E60: Regional Collaboration for Economic Development

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E59: Unlocking Opportunities: Navigating WIOA's Career Programs

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E58: Transforming Lives, Building the Regional Economy: A Grants and Funding Update

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E57: The SHOW Workshop- Supporting Rural Small Businesses with Retention and Workforce Productivity

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E56: Reflections from the 2023 NAWB Forum

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E55: Improving the Capacity and Quality of Regional Childcare

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E54: Regional Funding and Services for 2023

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E53: How the Regional Workforce System Is Helping Meet Recruitment and Retention Needs

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E52: Recruitment and Retention Initiatives and Strategies

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E51: The Production Technician Career Pathway

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E50: Recruitment, Retention and Career Pathways

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E49: The Youth Career Exploration Camp

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E48: Reflections from the 2022 NAWB Forum

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E47: Supporting Second Chance Employment

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E46: Being a Recovery Ready Region: The POWER Initiative and Peer Recovery Specialists

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E45: Attracting and Retaining Talent in the Skill Trades

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E44: The STRONG Accountable Care Community- Improving Health and Wellbeing

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E43: Supporting Economic and Addiction Recovery

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E42: DOL YouthBuild Grants- Supporting Education and Occupational Skills Development for Youth

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E41: Regional Trends in Economic Development

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E40: Strengthening Our System, Inc.- Providing Quality Care and a Person Centered Approach

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E39: Opportunities with Blue Ridge Designs

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E38: The Virginia Road to Success Program- Increasing Self-Sufficiency, Connecting to an In-Demand Career

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E37: The Virginia Economic Development Partnership- Making Virginia the Best State for Businesses, Workers and Families

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E36: The Appalachian Regional Commission's POWER Initiative

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E35: Update on Youth Services

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Community Awareness Podcast 8: An Update on Job Seeker Services and Programs

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E34: Innovating and Changing the Perception of Individuals with Disabilities

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E33: Economic Equity and the Road to Success in Virginia Program

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E32: Update on Virginia's Unemployment Insurance Program

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E31: The Ticket To Work Program

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E30: The Virginia Ready Initiative

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Community Awareness Podcast 7: Business Services During Times of Disruption- Pt 2

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Community Awareness Podcast 6: Business Services During Times of Disruption- Pt 1

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E29: Resource Guidebook for Reopening Your Business in the Age of COVID-19

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Community Awareness Podcast 5: Upcoming Virtual Job Fair

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Community Awareness Podcast 4: Preparing for Job Opportunities During COVID-19

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E28: Tips for Working From Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Community Awareness Podcast 3: Virtual Job Seeker Workshops

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E27: Preparing the IT Talent Pipeline

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Community Awareness Podcast 2: The SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program

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Community Awareness Podcast 1: How To File Unemployment Insurance During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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E26: Wytheville Community College- A Powerful Workforce Partner

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E25: Supporting and Strengthening Manufacturers in the Region

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E24: Spotlight on Business Services

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E23: Prior Learning Assessment Part 2- PLA in Action

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E22: Prior Learning Assessment- An Important Tool for Talent Development

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E21: Virginia Tech Office of Economic Development- Furthering Economic Growth and Prosperity in Virginia

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E20: Recruitment and Retention in the IT Sector

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E19: The Heart Project- Helping Coal Impacted Businesses

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E18: Spotlight Series- New River Community College

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E17: Best Practices and Business Services Database

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E16: Filling Middle Skill High-Demand Occupations

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E15: How to Prepare for Job Fairs

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E14: IT Careers in Virginia- Opportunities and Trends

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E13: Providing Job Opportunities for Youth

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E12: How to Tap Into The Labor Pool of Persons with Disabilities

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E11: The Power of Apprenticeships

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E10: Attracting and Retaining Talent to Build The Local Economy

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E09: Giles County Youth Work Program- Best Practices for the Region

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E08: Pathways to the American Dream- Enhancing Workforce Development Capacity

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E07: Volvo's New River Valley Plant- Creating Great Jobs and World Class Trucks

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E06: Introducing The Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council

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E05: Helping Young People Explore a Career in Manufacturing

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E04: Building a Talent Pipeline in Southwest Virginia

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E03: Employment Opportunities With Hollingsworth & Vose

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E02: Mohawk Industries-Opportunities With a Global Flooring Company

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E01:The Somic America Story