Warsaw Hosts First Work Force Seminar
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
Approximately 30 people from the Warsaw area attended the Indiana Work Force Development seminar Wednesday at the Ramada Inn, Warsaw.
Northern Indiana Work Force Investment Board President Juan Manigault's assistant, Kathryn Thomas, said "the process is one that will continue on through this year."
The seminar is basically a "county forum to get some feedback from the community and the information that we gather in these county forums" will be used to form a strategic plan to assess potential problems in the work force, according to Thomas.
Thomas said Indiana Work Force will be "meeting with focus groups and individual one-on-ones in the area to get feedback and to see where potential problems are."
She said the strategic plan will be complete around Labor Day.
The forums take place in St. Joe, Elkhart, Kosciusko and Marshall counties.
Wednesday was the first seminar of several to take place this year. Among the guest speakers at the seminar was Northern Indiana Work Force Investment Board Chairman Tom Thomas and IU Economist Dr. Morton J. Marcus.
The seminar focused on the needs and issues affecting the work force and educating the work force for tomorrow's jobs.
Manigault introduced the guest speakers and said it is important to develop a regional strategic plan to help people in the workforce.
"These are very important meetings," Marcus said of the seminar. "Kosciusko County has been growing," he said, adding that the county has grown from approximately 50,000 people to 70,000 people from 1970 to 1998. "That's a very healthy growth," he said. And Warsaw "has been adding jobs very nicely."
Marcus said if the community and population are not growing, then it's not a good place to live.
"It's important to have population grow," he said.
Thomas also believes population growth is important for a community and she said society is moving from a manufacturing age to an information age.
"Our job today and in the next year is to discuss how we as a community or region are going to deal with needs of the work force," Thomas said. She also said the question for people to focus on is how to help working people today do a better job. [[In-content Ad]]
Approximately 30 people from the Warsaw area attended the Indiana Work Force Development seminar Wednesday at the Ramada Inn, Warsaw.
Northern Indiana Work Force Investment Board President Juan Manigault's assistant, Kathryn Thomas, said "the process is one that will continue on through this year."
The seminar is basically a "county forum to get some feedback from the community and the information that we gather in these county forums" will be used to form a strategic plan to assess potential problems in the work force, according to Thomas.
Thomas said Indiana Work Force will be "meeting with focus groups and individual one-on-ones in the area to get feedback and to see where potential problems are."
She said the strategic plan will be complete around Labor Day.
The forums take place in St. Joe, Elkhart, Kosciusko and Marshall counties.
Wednesday was the first seminar of several to take place this year. Among the guest speakers at the seminar was Northern Indiana Work Force Investment Board Chairman Tom Thomas and IU Economist Dr. Morton J. Marcus.
The seminar focused on the needs and issues affecting the work force and educating the work force for tomorrow's jobs.
Manigault introduced the guest speakers and said it is important to develop a regional strategic plan to help people in the workforce.
"These are very important meetings," Marcus said of the seminar. "Kosciusko County has been growing," he said, adding that the county has grown from approximately 50,000 people to 70,000 people from 1970 to 1998. "That's a very healthy growth," he said. And Warsaw "has been adding jobs very nicely."
Marcus said if the community and population are not growing, then it's not a good place to live.
"It's important to have population grow," he said.
Thomas also believes population growth is important for a community and she said society is moving from a manufacturing age to an information age.
"Our job today and in the next year is to discuss how we as a community or region are going to deal with needs of the work force," Thomas said. She also said the question for people to focus on is how to help working people today do a better job. [[In-content Ad]]