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October 18, 2024
By Alia Hoyt
To better engage Georgia’s youth, a number of police and fire departments across the state have developed programs that are both educational and extremely fun for the often difficult-to-reach teenaged sect.
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Sara Baxter
The city of Rockmart participated in GCS’s Jobs with Purpose Initiative and, with the guidance of a consultant, came up with creative ideas to solve the problem.
January 16, 2024
Lake City and the City of Griffin have found creative, cost-effective ways to attract new employees and keep existing ones happy.
July 1, 2023
Mission Square Research Institute
The 2023 survey shows that state and local governments continue to face severe labor shortages and are deploying new strategies to attract and retain public service workers.
March 10, 2023
ICMA
No, not everyone under 40 is a Millennial; Generation Z (generally understood to have been born between 1995 and 2012) is here, and they are coming in droves!
June 21, 2022
This report serves as roadmap for GMA, Georgia City Solutions and cities to proactively address their workforce needs through investment, planning, and strategy implementation.
February 8, 2022
During GMA's February 8, 2022, Cities Connect call, Greg Wilson with the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia reported on the key takeaways from the municipal workforce needs assessment CVIOG conducted in 2021.
February 7, 2022
As part of GMA and Georgia City Solutions' "Jobs With Purpose: Municipal Workforce Development Initiative," a workforce needs assessment was conducted the last half of 2021 to gain a better understanding of the current municipal employment landscape in Georgia.
October 5, 2021
If you want to attract and maintain the best employees, having a desirable workplace culture definitely pays off.
June 1, 2021
Center for State and Local Government Excellence (SLGE)
The Center for State and Local Government Excellence (SLGE) has conducted an annual workforce survey since 2009. This survey of human resource professionals tracks key challenges facing state and local governments in the recruitment and retention of talented employees and the strategies being employed to manage and compensate those staff.
April 10, 2021
In this April 9, 2021, webinar, Cheryl Musial with Topdog Creative + Strategy provides an overview of GMA's "Starts With Me!" workforce development campaign while Cedartown City Manager Edward Guzman shows how the city is using the campaign resources to more effectively recruit.
February 22, 2021
Plagued by the challenges of looming retirements, a competitive job market and compensation issues, city governments are finding ways to cultivate their own employees.
October 12, 2020
By Nikki Perry
Upon entering the workforce during the Great Recession of 2008, many millennials took whatever employment was available and are still job-hopping to catch up on their careers. Now in 2020, as Generation Z begins graduating college, they face similar prospects in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic that abruptly halted a booming economy. Welcome to adulthood, Gen Z.
February 14, 2018
Burning Glass Technologies & Harvard Business School
While popular elsewhere, apprenticeships represent a relatively small number of jobs in the United States. This report assesses the potential for apprenticeships to address the skills gap and other barriers to workforce development in the national economy.