Why layoff when you can 'upskill' existing workforce?

ay Neck, Turner’s workforce development director, has become something of an expert securing the Louisiana Workforce Commission’s Incumbent Worker Training Program grant money—which, this year, totals $850,000—having done so eight times. By applying this year, Turner promised two outcomes: Increased wages for some 700 existing employees who gain new skills and knowledge from a number of training programs conducted by Associated Builders and Contractors, LSU Continuing Education and Turner itself; and the creation of 70 jobs for new employees as retrained workers shift roles. Read more here.

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