Tips for Missouri Businesses to Thrive and Have a Vibrant Workforce

FILE – In this Aug. 3, 2017, file photo, a worker pushes bins at an Amazon fulfillment center in Baltimore. The online shopping giant is holding job fairs across the country next week, aiming to hire more than 30,000 people by early next year, a 5% bump in its total workforce. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

(MISSOURINET) – Many Missouri businesses are learning this week about ways to thrive and have a vibrant workforce between now and the year 2030. The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry is putting on a workforce conference, which runs Tuesday and Wednesday in Independence. Nicholas Wyman (Why-men), the president of Institute for Workplace Skills and Innovation, is a keynote speaker. He says workplace-based training through apprenticeships must be central to all economic and employment plans.

Missouri is one of the top states in the nation for completed apprenticeships.