Boulder County Workforce Development Board seeking members

NEWS RELEASE
WORKFORCE BOULDER COUNTY
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Workforce Boulder County has membership opportunities for Boulder County businesses. If you are an owner, chief executive/operating officer or other individual with optimum policymaking or hiring authority, and you provide employment opportunities in in-demand industry sectors or occupations and have an interest in joining the Boulder County Workforce Development Board, please email: dbeaton@bouldercounty.org.

About Workforce Development Board:

The Boulder County Workforce Development Board is a group of community leaders (appointed by the Boulder County commissioners and certified by the governor) responsible for identifying regional workforce development needs and creating a comprehensive strategy for meeting them, while taking into account economic development priorities. Board members represent private sector employers, education, economic development organizations, government, and community-based organizations.

Mission: To provide oversight and guidance for a simple and seamless system of quality workforce development programs.

Vision: To ensure that the Boulder County workforce is prepared to meet the needs of Boulder County employers; thereby providing a community in which all citizens have the opportunity for gainful employment.

Our board goals include:

• Strengthen partnerships to address individual and community level issues impacting economic mobility.
• Increase the impact of Workforce Boulder County by attracting and supporting more individuals and businesses to utilize the available resources.
• Align local policies and resources to support access to opportunities for quality, life-long education connected to the future of work.

Members of the Boulder County Workforce Development Board:

• Represent industry workforce needs
• Assist in identifying the needs of business in Boulder County
• Work on local grant projects addressing workforce development
• Integrate into workforce initiatives across the metro region
• Plan, support or sponsor local business forums
• Network with business and community leaders
• Participate in youth/young adult focused programs

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