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.
“MISCO Products has utilized GRCA’s training and development program for years. We send new supervisors to GRCA’s Supervisor Certificate Series, which gives them the foundation to succeed in their supervisory positions. The knowledge and skills that the supervisors acquire from the trainings are well worth the investment. We look forward to continuing to work with GRCA moving forward!”
Alyssa Francis, SHRM-CP
MISCO Products Corporation, Member since 1991