Posted 5/2/24

The first Tennessee Workforce Conference was hosted Monday, April 22, by the Tennessee Board of Regents in collaboration with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development and the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development .

The conference’s goal was to learn more from business and industry leaders about how the state’s community colleges and colleges of applied technology and the state agencies can help better prepare students, for the workforce and their own economic mobility.

More than 250 leaders from business and industry and Tennessee’s public community and technical colleges gathered at Volunteer State Community College to strengthen communication and collaboration and enhance the development of career and technical education programs.

Executives of leading Tennessee industries across six major sectors critical to the state’s economy, advanced manufacturing, agriculture, business, health care, information technology, and transportation/logistics – met in small groups with college, system and department leaders to provide feedback on how the colleges and agencies can help further prepare students and existing employees for high-demand careers.

For more information on the Tennessee Board of Regents Center for Workforce Development: https://www.tbr.edu/cwd