National Small Business Week 2022

Two Ways Small Business Owners in the Hampton Roads, Virginia Region Can Find, Hire and Keep Skilled Employees

Employers of all sizes and and in every business segment are struggling to find, hire and keep skilled employees. While there are many reasons why this is true, the great news is there are key resources available now to help business owners in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia to find, train and retain the skilled workforce they need to keep moving towards business opportunities and growth.

As National Small Business Week 2022 comes to an end, we're sharing two key ways small business owners can work with the Community College Workforce Cooperative (CCWC) and our three community college partners Camp Community College, Thomas Nelson Community College, and Tidewater Community College to find, train, hire and retain a complete workforce.

Pre-Hire Training Programs

  • CCWC's pre-hire training programs help business owners find, recruit, screen, and train employees to fill current or upcoming open jobs.
  • CCWC serves as a business owner's concierge point-of-contact, and coordinates bringing in the right education partners and grant funding resources so business owners can fill their company's open jobs with skilled employees who are ready to work from day one on the job.
  • CCWC's community college partners deliver customized, short-term training programs which can be completed in a little as 2-10 weeks.

Apprenticeship Programs

  • Apprenticeship programs provide an integrated employment training model that has proven to produce highly skilled and committed workers to meet the demands of employers across an array of industries in the Commonwealth, the nation, and across the globe.
  • Through a combination of on-the-job training and related technical instruction, apprentices gain the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA) they need to succeed in the workplace.
  • Apprentices then have the opportunity to immediately apply KSA’s while on the job at a sponsoring Hampton Roads region employer.

CCWC's community college partners are experts in training students for successful performance as high contributing employees in a variety of fields and industries. If you're a small business owner in the Hampton Roads region, let us help you find, train and hire the skilled workforce you need now and in the future.

To learn more, visit va-ccwc.org

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