Season 2-Episode 15: Tamara Atkinson and Melanie Flowers

Tamara Atkinson, Chief Executive Officer, and Melanie Flowers, Chair of the Workforce Solutions Capital Area in Austin, Texas,  discuss what it means to be a high impact workforce development board; the importance of board members having a high level of engagement; earning the trust of the board members and the Local Elected Officials; how industry subject matter expertise can be applied to workforce development; understanding a community’s unique value proposition and how the job market impacts workforce development; how is business leading the manufacturing industry sector partnership in Austin; take-always from the best practices exchange between Workforce Solutions and Workforce Connections.

Workforce Solutions Capital Area:

Workforce Solutions Capital Area — Connecting People to Jobs (wfscapitalarea.com)