(Middletown, CT) Rick
Morin, Chairman of the Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce announced
that a Manufacturing Forum entitled “Building Solutions to the Talent
Gap and Opportunities for Connecticut Manufacturers,” will be held on Monday, February 26, 2018 from 9:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
at the Radisson Hotel Cromwell. The informational forum is focused on
manufacturers’ workforce challenges is presented by the Middlesex
Chamber, the Connecticut Department of Labor and the Connecticut
Department of Labor’s Office of Apprenticeship Training.
This
informational forum helps employers discover available funding
opportunities and financial incentive programs including Manufacturing
Innovation Fund initiatives. Partnership opportunities with Connecticut
educators to help meet workforce needs are also discussed. There are
many incentives, training programs, and services the Department of Labor
can offer at no cost to a business. Companies who have successfully
taken advantage of Connecticut's Apprenticeship program to develop a
competitive workforce will be on hand to discuss their success in
working with the program.
“Developing
a strong talent pipeline to our manufacturing sector is crucial to
build on success in future years. We look forward to hearing the many
strategies to recruit, train, and continue to develop talent in
manufacturing. I would like to thank Program Manager Todd Berch at
Connecticut Department of Labor/Office of Apprenticeship Training for
working with us on this important forum,” said President of the
Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce Larry McHugh.
The
forum will directly follow Middlesex Chamber’s February Member
Breakfast Meeting with Matthew Bromberg, President of Military Engines
at Pratt & Whitney. The Member Breakfast Meeting will be held at the
Radisson Hotel Cromwell, 100 Berlin Road, Cromwell, with networking beginning at 7 a.m., breakfast buffet opens at 7:30 a.m., and the meeting program, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.
Registration to both the breakfast and the forum are available on middlesexchamber.com. For more information contact Middlesex Chamber Vice President Jeff Pugliese at jpugliese@middlesexchamber.com
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