This one-day conference convened by Berkshire Community College, MassHire, Berkshire Innovation Center, Berkshire Regional Planning Commission and 1Berkshire will focus on the workforce challenges and opportunities facing Berkshire employers from attracting the right talent to ensuring their employees flourish in a supportive and dynamic work environment.
Summit Tracks
Recruiting and Retention
Are you finding it challenging to find qualified job candidates? In this track, discover overlooked sources of workers, how to maximize existing hiring resources and strategies for retaining new hires longer.
Communication and Workplace Culture
Most people leave their jobs because they are unhappy with the workplace culture or a lack of opportunities. In this track, hear from employees about their work needs and what keeps them in their jobs longer. Discuss how to minimize distractions from digital communications and how to make employee communications more effective. Learn the ingredients for creating a thriving culture within your organization, so people are banging down your door to work there!
Workplace Readiness Skills
You might be able to find candidates that possess the right "hard skills," but won't thrive in their role due to their lack of "soft skills" or "workplace readiness skills." In this track, learn how to incorporate workplace readiness skills into your existing employee training, how to improve employee tech literacy and how to build self-sufficient teams.
