By Dean Whittaker As I prepare to give a presentation at the Westchester County Association conference titled “Westchester County of Tomorrow,” I have pondered the future a great deal. They asked me to speak on the trends and their impact on their area. So, I began by...
Talent Recruitment With unemployment below 3.5 % in many parts of the county, economic development organizations are becoming employee recruitment agencies for existing businesses. Over half of the economic development staff at one large economic development...
By Sharad KC The amount of data collected and stored each day is growing exponentially. This surge has fueled the steady increase in the number and size of data centers as companies are turning to colocation services when it comes to data storage. In an article from...
By Dean Whittaker This question was addressed in one of the more interesting presentations at the IEDC Leadership Summit in West Palm Beach this week. Corey Johns with Connected Tennessee discussed their program, Digital Work, in which they are training or re-training...
By Dean Whittaker The U.S. has a middle-skill gap. Though the economy is improving, employers still struggle to find skilled workers to fill their open positions, particularly for middle-skill jobs requiring more than a high school diploma but not a four-year degree....