United Partners for Human Services re-ran its Tale of Two Tally’s article recently highlighting the inequities that exist in preventing all of our neighbors from achieving economic mobility and the impacts on ones quality of life.
As the CEO of CareerSource Capital Region, the Local Workforce Development Board, our goal is to supply the talent that the employer community needs in Gadsden, Leon and Wakulla counties. As you might imagine, providing the skills required is a daily challenge for many reasons.
COVID-19 has caused over 10,000 people in our labor market to no longer be actively looking for a job. National studies show that around 80% are women. I heard on the news it is now called the she session for this recession.