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For the fifth consecutive year, Hawkins County has been recognized as an ACT Work Ready Community, a designation that shows potential new employers the county can provide a workforce if they locate here. According to NETWORKS Director of Economic Development Michael Parker the ACT Work Ready designation is an invaluable tool in industrial recruitment to Hawkins County.
“Workforce challenges exist coast to coast, top to bottom, east to west, and the communities that can really show progress in the workforce, such as through this program, are the ones that are really going to excel and make the case for that business to relocate there,” Parker said.
The Work Ready Communities throughout the First Tenneessee Development District have a solid leadership group that also joined forces to reduce opioid addiction in their region. Now the U.S. Department of Labor's WorkforceGPS plans to showcase this work in an upcoming online event planned for May 31st.
Overseeing the ACT Work Ready program in Hawkins County have been Industrial Development Board coordinator Rebecca Baker, left, and Cooper Standard human resources manager Gabrielle Buchanan, right. They brought the award to the Hawkins County Chamber of Commerce breakfast in December.
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