Hardwood Floors August/September 2019

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HowCan Businesses and the IndustryWork with Educators to Improve Workforce Development?

If you are like many wood flooring business and industry leaders, you are struggling to secure the talent required tomove your company forward. According to the Society for Human Resource Management's (SHRM’s) report, The Global Skills Shortage , 7 million jobs were open inDecember 2018, but only 6.3million unemployed people were looking for work. While the number of individuals entering the workforce is a mostly static issue, couple that statistic with the skills needed by employers versus what students and graduates possess; the result is a challenge that must be addressed.

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