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'Strategies for Hiring the Hidden Worforce'

The headline of this post is the title of an education workshop for employers sponsored yesterday by the local chamber of commerce in Waco, as reported in today's Tribune-Herald:Dennis Brooks said he?s always looking to hire diesel mechanics, and he would gladly hire a disabled person or an ex-convict if he or she can get the job done. That?s why he attended an education workshop Thursday titled ?Strategies for Employing the Hidden Workforce,? presented at the Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce?s headquarters. ?Diesel technicians are hard to find, and I?ve spent a lot of time on the Texas Workforce Commission Web site,? said Brooks, with Volvo & Mack Trucks of Waco, who lost an ex-convict to an employer in the Dallas area. ...Project RIO, short for Re-Integration of Offenders, is another service available locally at McLennan County Workforce Solutions, 1416 S...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on December 18, 2009 (boomark / ).