Business & Merchant

Last Updated on Friday, 08 November 2019 14:28

The Mon Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce (MVRCC) along with PA Careerlink, Mon Valley, Southwest Training Center, Southwest Corner Workforce Development Board, Mon Valley Alliance and the Mon Valley Career and Technology Center joined forces to bring the 2nd Annual Workforce Forum event to the Valley. This year's topic was ‘Attracting and Retaining Talent in the Workplace’.

MVRCC takes part in 2nd annual Workforce Forum

The event took place at Monongahela Valley Hospital and had 75 attendees. Patty Van Leer Silbert from Newton Talent gave an informative presentation along with the expertise and input from a panel which included a mix of students, employees and employers from the following: Lisa Petro (Monongahela Valley Hospital), Grace Dalmolin (Reimagine Main Street), Garek Renk (GRS Powder Coating), Ben Ross (GRS Powder Coating), and students from Mon Valley CTC, Amara Behanna and Austie Russell.

Leanna Spada, Executive Director of MVRCC remarked, “We were very pleased with the turn out for our second year. The chamber as well as all of the organizations that have partnered together this year see the importance of addressing issues, not only affecting our local businesses but businesses all over. We hope that we have helped to shed some light on these issues and have given our business community some of the avenues that may help in their hiring process.”