On Wednesday, March 30, the Arvada Chamber hosted "Addressing Childcare," the first of its quarterly Talent Talk series. The Chamber partnered with Executives Partnering to Invest in Children (EPIC) to dig into data trends and pandemic impacts, learn more about...
Talent
Navigating Business: Creating REAL Change for our Talent System
The Arvada Chamber of Commerce 2022+ Talent Strategy By Kami Welch, Arvada Chamber of Commerce President The talent crisis that employers across the country are facing is of growing concern as we see an inadequate supply of talent, skills misalignment, and a variety...
Arvada Chamber Introduces Second “Work-Based Learning Toolkit” to Guide Local Workforce Skill Development
(August 3, 2021) Arvada, CO – Today the Arvada Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with an action team of education, business and non-profit partners, announced the release of a Work-Based Learning Toolkit to help guide businesses through the terminology, data, roles, benefits and action steps of work-based learning (WBL).
The Perfect Storm Impacting Our Talent Pipeline
Working daily with local businesses of all sizes, the Arvada Chamber of Commerce is well-aware of changes in the labor market as they happen. We know from meetings and the supporting data that a talent shortage exists – we’re still missing 4.3 million workers nationwide – and we wanted to know why. So we started asking questions.
Arvada Chamber Introduces “Work-Based Learning Toolkit” to Guide Local Workforce Skill Development
(August 3, 2021) Arvada, CO – Today the Arvada Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with an action team of education, business and non-profit partners, announced the release of a Work-Based Learning Toolkit to help guide businesses through the terminology, data, roles, benefits and action steps of work-based learning (WBL).
Survey: Childcare + Student Support Business Impact
The Arvada Chamber is working to understand how we support the immense impact that COVID-19 has had on student support and childcare resources. We have developed the below survey for our local businesses to offer feedback on how they are thinking about this challenge that we are concerned will lead to additional people becoming unemployed and more missed work. We are committed to developing community-wide solutions to remedy this and your feedback is a critical piece of this work.