GRCA works with our members and the community to fully support the entire talent lifecycle. This can be seen through the main pillars of our workforce development program offerings: industry partnerships, career pathways and career exploration, professional development and training, and talent attraction + retention.
CAREER PATHWAYS: There are many community-wide efforts focused on career development and awareness for our K-12 and post-secondary students. These are critical to steering young adults and disconnected youth into meaningful, intentional career pathways with our Greater Reading companies.
TALENT ATTRACTION + RETENTION: It is our goal to not only retain the existing talent here in Greater Reading, but to also attract new talent to our region to ensure a robust talent pipeline for our companies and their successful economic impact on our region. We’re so serious about it, we built an entire campaign to encourage people to Meet Greater RDG.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING + DEVELOPMENT: Once talent is in place, it is imperative that employees are provided with training and development plans for continued growth. Employees are our member’s most critical assets, and it is our role to ensure that comprehensive incumbent worker training programs are available to support the unique upskilling needs of our companies. GRCA is a leading provider in customized and public training for our employers.
“Engaging with W2W was one of my best personal and professional decisions. W2W leverages the power of the Chamber network to help women influencers, entrepreneurs, and business and community leaders support women in the workforce. The W2W experience has helped me grow by expanding my horizons, and I know our Herbein team has benefited from the initiative’s wide-ranging programming, particularly as we recently implemented our women’s initiative.”
Amy B. Klatt, MBA, Chief Marketing Officer
Herbein + Company, Inc., Member since 1981