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Workforce Development

The region's primary workforce-related challenge is a lack of qualified technology workers. The Nashville Technology Council estimates that approximately 1,000 technology-related jobs are currently unfilled in the Nashville area because qualified candidates are not available. ECD regional staff will assist the council in its efforts to recruit qualified technology workers from out-of-state by gathering information from existing businesses on technology-related workforce needs and supporting other research initiatives of the council. It is anticipated that ECD's assistance will help enable the Nashville Technology Council to conduct targeted technology-worker-recruitment activities in at least two out-of-state markets in
2012.

In addition to supporting the efforts of the Nashville Technology Council, ECD regional staff will also cooperate with employers, educational institutions, and workforce development boards to strengthen existing training programs and
establish new training programs. Programs run by the Tennessee Technology Centers in Dickson, Hartsville, and Murfreesboro have been particularly effective at crafting programs that provide workers with skills required by specific employers. ECD will work with the various stakeholders involved in workforce development to ensure the continued success of these and other programs.

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The Nashville Technology Council estimates that approximately 1,000 technology-related jobs are currently unfilled in the Nashville area because qualified candidates are not available.