Employers not only need workers with technical skills, they're now seeking employees who are "multi-skilled or multi-crafted," the president of Ranken Technical College says.
More four-year universities are stepping into the workforce training space, an area that historically has been more community college-focused, says St. Louis Community College's Phyllis Ellison.
Dennis Muilenburg is chairman of the board of directors of the nonprofit group, the St. Louis Regional Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMICSTL). The group is leading the project to make the St. Louis metro area a driver of research and development efforts to create new products, processes and materials.
St. Louis in recent years has placed a focus on growing through its growing technology sector, particularly in biosciences and geospatial technology. It’s a field that includes many roles that require advanced degrees and science expertise, but for it to grow, workforce development officials said they need to be focused on ensuring individuals know the barrier for entry isn’t always that high.
Lindenwood University has completed an acquisition of vocational school Dorsey College, a move that could be the first of several M&A deals pursued by the private university.
The use of travel nurses is down, local nurses are leaving the profession at less alarming rates and new employees are being recruited who have never worked in health care. But even if local health systems maintain the current rate of retention, projections show they’ll still employ only half the workforce they need over the next 20 years.
Leaders of the project to build a $55 million advanced manufacturing center in St. Louis say it will meet the needs of industry and potentially create hundreds of new businesses while providing "strong, diverse and equitable growth" for the region.
Short-term certifications have changed professional development in St. Louis, as workers — but also, critically, employers — embrace them as proof candidates are ready for certain positions.
Washington University, University of Missouri-St. Louis and Maryville University are among several local universities in recent years that have created academic programs for companies with immediate workforce needs.
Leaders of county employment services agencies contend that the best starting point for employers in need or employees seeking advancement is with them. Here's why.
This Workforce Development Guide is our attempt to help employers, and individuals, navigate that seemingly infinite universe employment-related services in the St. Louis region.
The St. Louis Business Journal's workforce development guide will introduce you to a number of the people and organizations that can help you navigate our employment services landscape.
The question of whether there will be an effort to create a coordinated approach to the workforce development system in the St. Louis metro area is an open one. The bureaucracy is large and there’s a lot of turf as multiple groups seek funding.
Birch Creek Energy LLC, a St. Louis-based renewable energy company, has acquired a solar power development startup out of Washington, D.C.
Birch Creek said Wednesday it acquired Foundation Solar Partners from Hull Street Energy. Terms of the deal, which closed March 24, weren't disclosed.
Foundation Solar Partners, founded in 2019, is focused on new, or so-called greenfield, origination of solar projects primarily in MISO (Midcontinent Independent System Operator) and PJM (PJM Interconnection)…
A judge has set an initial hearing date for the Missouri attorney general’s lawsuit seeking to remove St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner from office.
Judge John Torbitsky has scheduled a case management conference for April 18 and “all motions pending before the court at that time will be heard.”
Those motions include Gardner’s motion to dismiss Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s quo warranto petition.
The order comes one day after Torbitsky gave Gardner 11 more days to respond…
The new Executive Connections program brings together new leaders from across the region to foster connections across industries. Take a look at some of their thoughts on the toughest parts of their jobs and the biggest challenges ahead.
The Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau presented plans for a brand new Piasa Park redevelopment Tuesday afternoon at Alton City Hall.
The Piasa Park redevelopment, along with a new 4,500-square-foot Byway Discovery Center, is part of a $10 million Illinois Capital Grant Development Project.
“It’ll welcome visitors from all over the world coming to our region to learn about the Mississippi River,” said Cory Jobe, the president and CEO of the Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau.
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None of the St. Louis-area chefs, restaurateurs or establishments that were named as semifinalists for the 2023 James Beard Foundation Awards — the culinary world's top prize — have advanced to the next round.
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