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SUMMARY:ACT Work Ready Communities Lunch & Learn
DESCRIPTION:Lincoln Parish is working to become a certified\n\nACT Work Ready Community\, and the time starts now.\n\n\n\nSkills gaps are the rifts between the skills\n\nneeded for a job and those possessed by\n\nthe individual hired to do that job.\n\n\n\nWe are using the ACT Workkeys System to measure and close the\n\nskills gap in the regional economy. We need YOU to know what this\n\nmeans and how it can impact your success.\n\n\n\nHow will this impact EMPLOYERS?\n\n	Find Better Applicants\n	Lower Employee Turnover\n	Increase Hiring Effectiveness\n	Reduce Hiring Costs and Improve Performance\n\n\n\nHow will this impact JOB SEEKERS?\n\n\n	Determine the skill levels you've achieved\n	 Identify skills you could improve\n	Match your skill levels to specific job requirements\n	Show employers you have skills for workplace success\n\n\n\nHow will this impact OUR COMMUNITY?\n\n\n	Help residents demonstrate employability skills\n	Make it easier for employers to find qualified workers\n	Provides tools to measure the skills gap and close it\n	Creates a data tool to attract new jobs\n\nThis initiative is supported by the Ruston-Lincoln Chamber of Commerce\, City of Ruston\, North Louisiana Economic Partnership\, Louisiana Tech University\, Louisiana Delta Community College\, & Lincoln Parish Schools.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:#002776\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;"><span style="font-size:20px\;">Lincoln Parish is working to become a certified<br />\nACT Work Ready Community\, and the time starts now.</span></span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:20px\;"><span style="color:red\;">Skills gaps</span><span style="color:white\;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000080\;"><span style="font-size:20px\;">are the rifts between the skills<br />\nneeded <span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt\;">for </span>a job and those possessed by<br />\nthe <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt\;">individual </span>hired to do that job.</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:#002776\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">We are using the ACT Workkeys System to measure and close the<br />\nskills gap in the regional economy. We need YOU to know what this<br />\nmeans and how it can impact your success.</span></span><br />\n<br />\nHow will this impact </span><span style="color:red\;">EMPLOYERS</span><span style="color:#002776\;">?</span>\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="color:#000080\;">Find Better Applicants</span></li>\n	<li><span style="color:#000080\;">Lower Employee Turnover</span></li>\n	<li><span style="color:#000080\;">Increase Hiring Effectiveness</span></li>\n	<li><span style="color:#000080\;">Reduce Hiring Costs and Improve Performance</span></li>\n</ul>\n<br />\n<span style="color:#002776\;">How will this impact </span><span style="color:red\;">JOB SEEKERS</span><span style="color:#0000CD\;">?</span>\n\n<ul>\n	<li style="color: rgb(0\, 39\, 118)\;">Determine the skill levels you&#39\;ve achieved</li>\n	<li style="color: rgb(0\, 39\, 118)\;">&#8203\;Identify skills you could improve</li>\n	<li style="color: rgb(0\, 39\, 118)\;">Match your skill levels to specific job requirements</li>\n	<li><span style="color:#002776\;">Show employers you have skills for workplace success</span></li>\n</ul>\n<br />\n<span style="color:#002776\;">How will this impact </span><span style="color:red\;">OUR COMMUNITY</span><span style="color:#002776\;">?</span>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="color:#000080\;">Help residents demonstrate employability skills</span></li>\n	<li><span style="color:#000080\;">Make it easier for employers to find qualified workers</span></li>\n	<li><span style="color:#000080\;">Provides tools to measure the skills gap and close it</span></li>\n	<li><span style="color:#000080\;">Creates a data tool to attract new jobs</span></li>\n</ul>\nThis initiative is supported by the Ruston-Lincoln Chamber of Commerce\, City of Ruston\, North Louisiana Economic Partnership\, Louisiana Tech University\, Louisiana Delta Community College\, &amp\; Lincoln Parish Schools.
LOCATION:Ruston-Lincoln Chamber of Commerce 2111 N. Trenton St.\, Ruston
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DTSTAMP:20260503T054802Z
URL:https://business.rustonlincoln.org/events/details/act-work-ready-communities-lunch-learn-25895
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