Episode 160: Is Your Community Ahead of the Curve in Reskilling Its Labor Force? | Eileen Cai, Charlotte Regional Business Alliance

• October 7, 2021

“Training the labor force to meet the future needs is now more important than ever.” –Eileen Cai

Workforce. Chances are that this will come up in industry-related conversation within five minutes. And for good reason; communities everywhere are putting their best and brightest brains together to attempt to solve the labor shortage. So what does this conversation look like for a region that was ahead of the curve in upskilling or reskilling their labor force?

Join Faye Davis for a conversation with Eileen Cai, Vice President of Business Recruitment at the Charlotte Regional Business Alliance, who shares insight into how Charlotte, NC and its surrounding areas have worked hard and continue to innovate the challenge of attracting talent and ensuring the right skills are available for incoming new industries. She also talks about what industries are heating up in the area and how that plays into the labor force conversation.

Eileen is one of North America’s Top 50 awardees and she’s recognized for the impact she has had on her region by means of the transformational projects she’s brought over the finish line with her tenacity, cooperation and patience. She talks more about her love of people and strategic brain during today’s episode; hit the play button now to hear more from Eileen!

America’s Jobs Team is sponsored by Research on Investment / Gazelle.ai

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