Talent Efforts Produce Smart Results

The Partnership’s talent solutions program is helping companies connect with talent. Here are a few examples of where our efforts to attract talent to the region are paying off.

PowerSchool and the Roanoke Blacksburg Technology Council partnered with our young professional series, Experience Leadership, for a networking event that attracted 40 young professionals looking for opportunity in the Roanoke Region.

Stopping the Brain Drain Talent Study Released

ROANOKE, Va., (June 19, 2019) – The 18 jurisdictions in the Lynchburg, New River Valley, and Roanoke regions have many strengths when it comes to talent development, attraction and retention but there are opportunities to implement new initiatives to increase the talent pool as a way to grow and diversify the region’s economy.

That was the assessment of a study conducted as part of a GO Virginia Region 2 project called Stopping the Brain Drain, which included the work of a talent action coalition comprised of government, higher education, and business leaders from throughout Region 2 to develop strategies to increase the talent pool.

Professional Development Starts at Experience 2019

Do you have a succession plan in place?

Inc. recently published a guide for how to prepare employees for future leadership roles: Define career paths, ask employees about aspirations, build a training program, and provide face time with leaders. 

You can check off most of those boxes by sending early- and mid-career employees to Experience 2019 on June 6-7 in Roanoke.