September Is Workforce Development Month
It’s September, which means its Workforce Development Month! Harmony celebrates Workforce Development Month, recognizing the real difference that this organization makes helping individuals find meaningful employment, advance their careers, and by creating opportunities that benefit our local employers.
Workforce Development Inc. of Southeast Minnesota’s mission is to develop and advance the workforce of SE MN by serving as the leading vehicle for regional unification, coordination, integration, and alignment of workforce activities, resources, and initiatives to support economic sustainability, improve education systems, and develop and retain a quality labor force.
Harmony celebrates Workforce’s vision to be a champion for workers, to be a convening agent that brings partners together to solve workforce problems, to act as a change agent to promote and facilitate innovation and creative solutions to barriers for employment, and to be the agency accountable to the individuals, businesses, and communities they serve, providing measurable change.
WDI’s priorities to accomplish this vision include:
- Enhancing equitable employment and programming opportunities by cultivating inclusive workplace practices and workforce initiatives.
- Strengthening collaboration and partnerships among employers, communities, and educational institutions to provide work-based learning opportunities, shared resources, and supportive services that cultivate a skilled workforce, aligning with employer needs.
- Addressing workforce shortage challenges by expanding and enriching employer-led, sector-based career pathways training opportunities in key industry sectors.
How Harmony Celebrates WDI Month!
Harmony Enterprises, Inc. is proud to be a private business advocate of Workforce Development and their mission. We understand that both employees and employers across our area face similar challenges and roadblocks to meaningful employment. Whether its a worker needing to overcome training, transportation, or childcare, or businesses hoping to expand their talent pool or retain quality employees, we all have a vested interest in promoting best practices to improve our overall workforce.
Harmony Enterprises is proud to hold one of the Fillmore County private business seats on the WDI of SE MN Board of Directors. Sitting in that seat is New Business Development Manager, Lane Powell, who also serves as Vice-President on the board’s Executive Committee and on the Emerging Workforce (Youth) Taskforce that is working to bring stakeholders involved with youth together to provide career exploration and job opportunities to our local students. Learn more about our role here!
Harmony also leverages several of the programs offered to employers by WDI, such as the Incumbent Worker Training Program that provides upskilling for current employees to gain career advancement certifications in almost any field. Click here to learn about how this program is helping Harmony employees continue to improve their career, community, culture, and company!
We have also utilized wage subsidy and youth work experience programs that provide financial assistance to students to go to school while receiving paid part-time on the job training that leads to immediate job placement after the program is completed! Read how one of our extremely talented young welders is an example of such a success story!
Want To Learn More? Contact Us Today!
If you would like to join us in celebrating Workforce Development Month, or would like to learn more about the many different programs and services available to both job-seekers and employers in our eleven county region of SE MN, don’t hesitate to reach out to us or call (507) 292-5152 and talk with a professional as the Workforce Development, Inc. Administrative Office in Rochester. They can put you in touch with a career or program planner to get you started today!
