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With so many career choices available today, answering the “What do you want to be when you grow up?” question requires some homework. Five South Dakota districts are teaming up to help students do that career research thanks to resources from a three-year grant. “Today there are so many options for kids,” according to Chris Bosma, a career coach who ... Read More »
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Pass on the word, teachers: There are jobs here
Many rural communities have a dilemma that goes something like this: Ask the young people in a community where they’d like to live someday, and the majority say they’d love to live in their hometown if they could—but alas, there are no jobs. Business owners say they can’t find people to fill their jobs; they’d love to get some of ... Read More »
Where are the ‘makers’?: Finding workers is a big challenge for Dakota manufacturers
The Dakotas are known for having structures that help to build successful manufacturing companies, such as modest taxes and minimal regulations. But one key ingredient has been lacking: workers. Read More »
Teachers for practical courses are in short supply
In a state where it’s hard to find teachers for almost every opening, hiring teachers to help students get the practical skills they need for the workforce is particularly difficult. Read More »
Core Strength: Values and purpose motivate workers, fuel successful companies
What makes people want to work for a certain company? Pay matters, as does matching employees with work that they have the skill and desire to do. But all that can be in place, and a company may still struggle to recruit and retain the employees it needs. Read More »
Growing the Dakotas’ future workforce
With today’s workforce short-handed and tomorrow’s anticipated to need higher-level skills, educators and policymakers are trying to increase enrollment at technical schools in the area and across the nation. Here are several examples of those efforts. Read More »
Community Spotlight: Armour: S.D. town finds ways to make things happen
Anything is possible in Armour, S.D. Read More »
Dakotafire Café: Find room to grow
Milbank starts to build a foundation for housing project at Dakotafire Café Read More »
Perspective
The image is actually a frame grab from a video my company, Passenger, was producing for a joint project with OTA and the South Dakota Community Foundation. Read More »
From the Editor: Renaissance people
A funny thing has happened in some conversations in the news lately: First, those in manufacturing professions have felt the need to speak up to convince students—their potential future workforce—that manufacturing can provide a good living and a good life. Read More »