WIB staff to share expertise at state development conference

Missouri at work…investing in tomorrow is the theme for the 2009 Governors Conference on Economic Development.  Two local WIB staff are hard at work as presenters for the conference, slated September 9-11 in St. Louis.

Sherri Rhuems, the WIB’s Quality Assurance Coordinator, is featured on a joint panel presentation titled Best Practices with Workeys and Missouri CRC.    Participants can learn how to be more successful with Workkeys and the Missouri Career Readiness Certificate (CRC) with a round table discussion lead by representatives from the following Workforce Development Regions: Southwest, Southeast, Kansas City and the University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) answering questions posed by the attendees regarding best practices.  This session is slated from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 9th.

WIB Executive Director, Jasen Jones, leads Just in Time Digital Workforce Solutions from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, the 10th.    The workforce system integrated with economic development helps Missouri Career Centers provide demand-driven solutions for businesses and net real results in workforce productivity.   Workshop attendees will get a preview of solutions under development across Southwest Missouri as well as leading-edge trends emerging in top-producing regions nationwide. Lower cost, higher volume, and higher impact are the benchmarks for these products that leverage consumer broadband penetration across the workforce pipeline of recruitment, screening, gap training, and retention.

The Governor’s Conference on Economic Development is sponsored and coordinated by the Division of Business & Community Services, the Division of Workforce Development, the Missouri Development Finance Board, the Missouri Housing Development Commission, and the Missouri Women’s Council.