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Putting Talent in the Right Place: A Conversation With Peter Beard
Peter Beard is vice president of policy and programs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, where he leads workforce development projects and initiatives.
ivWatch, Newport News
Thinking Globally, Recruiting Locally
When Lydia Ruffin began work as a restaurant server, her goal was to support herself through school. She could not have anticipated how profoundly that entry-level job would shape her career.
Virginia Works to Meet the Tech Moment
Key investments at Virginia Tech, George Mason, University of Virginia help the Commonwealth position itself as a home for AI Innovation
From Uniform to Opportunity
Home to one of the largest concentrations of active duty and veteran talent in the country, Virginia has engineered an ecosystem that helps those who served translate military experience into high-value private sector careers.
Pharmaceutical manufacturer Civica Rx expanded into Virginia in 2021, building a sterile injectable drug manufacturing facility in Petersburg. The company turned to the Virginia Talent Accelerator Program to fill approximately 300 positions.
Bespoke Training for Emerging Workforce Needs
New or expanding companies want to know that they will be able to hire workers with the skills they need. While outside training providers offer established but generic faculty, facilities, and programs, in-house solutions allow for customization but require significant investment.
The Gen Z Talent Conundrum
As more tenured employees must upskill and reskill to adjust to an economy that is increasingly reliant on technology and, specifically, artificial intelligence (AI), Generation Z workers are entering the labor market as the first generation of digital natives.
Central Virginia Community College
Workforce Training at the Speed of Industry
L. Scott Bradshaw enrolled at Mountain Empire Community College (MECC) in Wise County as a student who needed a second chance after spending 57 months in prison. He had a job in a tire shop, but he wasn’t earning enough to pay off his fines and take care of his daily needs.
Durable Jobs, Transferable Skills: A Conversation With Alison Lands
Alison Lands is vice president of employer and workforce solutions at Jobs for the Future (JFF), a national nonprofit that works to align the education and workforce systems to improve access to quality jobs for over 75 million American workers.
The Importance of Agility: A Conversation With Tamara Fields
Tamara Fields is the national U.S. public service industry lead at Accenture, and managing director of the company’s Austin, Texas office.
Central Virginia Community College
Inside Virginia's Push to Become the Top State for Talent
Virginia’s long-held reputation as a top state for business is based on its strong economy, robust infrastructure, innovative incentives and programming, and, increasingly, its highly skilled workforce.
Big Lick Brewery in downtown Roanoke is part of a food and beverage scene that complements the region’s abundant outdoor recreation opportunities.
Maintaining the Talent Pool
When Julia Boas and her husband, Patrick, have an errand to run or a friend to visit in their hometown of Roanoke, they rarely go by car. Instead, they hop on their e-bikes.
Gatekeeper Security, Inc. used VEDP funding to exhibit at trade shows in Germany and Singapore.
Bespoke Export Support
Virginia Offers Best-in-Class Export Assistance for Companies' Complete Life Cycle Exporting can be a strong strategy for connecting companies with demand or diversifying their market bases to better weather economic conditions.
Virginia International Gateway, Portsmouth
The Port of Virginia: A Crucial Link in Vital Supply Chains
The last year has been challenging to all aspects of the logistics industry, and The Port of Virginia was not immune.
Phoenix Group, Chesapeake
Business Without Borders
International trade is beneficial for American consumers and businesses alike. Benefits for consumers include lower costs and a greater variety of goods available in their local markets.
An Exporter's View of International Trade: A Conversation With John Keppler
John Keppler is chairman, CEO, and co-founder of Enviva, the world's largest producer of woody biomass and one of Virginia's largest exporters out of its private terminal in the city of Chesapeake.
The Port of Virginia is using shipping data to optimize its workflows and speed the movement of cargo from ship to destination.
Virginia Sets Course for Robust Trade Growth
With Initial Funding Approved and Bold Goals on the Horizon, Virginia's International Trade Strategic Plan is Moving Forward The fundamental conditions are in place for Virginia to significantly grow its international trade. Now, the Commonwealth is setting a course to capitalize on those assets.
Building on Success at the Port of Virginia: A Conversation With Stephen Edwards
Stephen Edwards joined The Port of Virginia as CEO and executive director in January 2021. Before joining the port, he was president and CEO of TraPac, which operates container terminals in California and Florida.
