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Regional Economic Indicators

 Regional workforce and education related data and trends. These data sets are best if used for “comparisons” and not as exacts. Unemployment numbers are updated monthly, but some data sets are updated as they become available

Workforce Challenges in SWVA

PY’25

Quarterly Workforce Report Q4 -Skills Based Hiring

Q1 Region 2_- Recovery Ready Region

 

PY’24

Quarterly Workforce Report Q4- Business Services 

Quarterly Workforce Report Q3-ROI

Quarterly Workforce Report Q2 Work-Based Learning

Q1 Region 2_Manufacturing

Q1 Region 2_Healthcare

Q1_Region 2_Skilled Trades

 

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Quarterly Workforce Report Q1

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Quarterly Workforce Report Q1

 

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Quarterly Workforce Report Q3

Quarterly Workforce Report Q1 2021 – Recovery Insights

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Quarterly Workforce Report Q3 2020

Quarterly Workforce Report Q2 2020

Quarterly Workforce Report Q1 2020

 

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Quarterly Workforce Report Q4 2019

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Quarterly Workforce Report Q1 2019

 

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Quarterly Workforce Report Q4 2018

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Quarterly Workforce Report Q1 2018

 

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Quarterly Workforce Report Q4 2017

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Quarterly Workforce Report Q1 2017

 

Spotlight Success

Travis R., Registered Nurse

Career Change Success Every day is busy in the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit at Bristol Regional Medical Center (Wellmont Health Systems). However, no day is too busy for People Incorporated dislocated worker client Travis R., who is thankful for a work schedule as busy as his. “I am very blessed with the help I have received… Read more »

Spotlight Success

Jesse, Commercial Driver

Jesse entered the WIOA Youth program on April 11, 2016 as an Out of School Youth. Jesse was 19 years old, his father had just passed away and he had lost his mother before that. Jesse is now responsible for taking care of his sister, did not have a job, and no training. Jesse qualified… Read more »

Spotlight Success

CNA training in the New River Valley

William Lester, President and CEO of Warm Hearth Village, and Jackie Fox, Administrator of the Healthcare Academy of SWVA and Owner of Senior Home Share, discuss how partners worked together to bring CNA training to the New River Valley. Two program participants, Netara Harris and Micah Catron, share how their lives have been impacted by the program.

Spotlight Success

E66: Transforming Lives: Stories of Reentry, Recovery, and Opportunity

The New River/Mount Rogers Workforce Development Board is transforming lives through impactful programs and partnerships. In this episode, you’ll hear uplifting stories of second chances from former inmates gaining employment after reentering society, a woman rebuilding her life in recovery from substance abuse, nursing students graduating with support through workforce grants, and a manufacturing business…

Spotlight Success

Sabrina, Certified Nursing Assistant

Adult Program – People, Inc. Sabrina was a 22 year-old single mother receiving food stamps when she enrolled in our program in 2009. She had no marketable skills and had been unemployed for 20 of the previous 26 weeks and was only working three or four hours per week for a cleaning service. Sabrina demonstrated… Read more »

The New River/Mount Rogers Workforce Development Board

6580 Valley Center Drive Suite 119,
Radford, VA 24141
Phone: (540) 633-6764
Fax: (540) 633-2502

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The NR/MR Workforce Development Board is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Program. Auxiliary Aides and Services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.

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Jenny Bolte
EO Officer
jenny.bolte@nrmrworks.org
540-633-6764

© 2026 Virginia Career Works.

This webpage and the Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth programs described are 100% supported by a federal U. S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) award of $2,189,865 made to Pulaski County on behalf of New River Mount Rogers Workforce Development Area by the pass-through entity, the Virginia Community College System. No costs of this program are financed by nongovernmental sources. The information contained herein does not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Labor. The Department of Labor makes no guarantees, warranties, or assurances of any kind, express or implied, with respect to such information, including any information on linked sites and including, but not limited to, accuracy of the information or its completeness, timeliness, usefulness, adequacy, continued availability, or ownership.

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