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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

2022

Quarterly Workforce Report Q3

Quarterly Workforce Report Q1

2021

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Quarterly Workforce Report Q1 2021 – Recovery Insights

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Spotlight Success

Peer Recovery Specialist Video

This video shows the stories of our participants in their own words, where they were before the program and now.  

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 »

Spotlight Success

Robin J. K., Registered Nurse

With no prior work history, Robin K. struggled to enter employment. She applied for the WIA Adult program on June 21, 2012 and was enrolled immediately July 10, 2012. With no work history or no formal training, it was recommended that Robin enter occupational skills training in order to enhance her employability. Robin’s assessments indicated… Read more »

Spotlight Success

April, LPN

April K. came to our program in May of 2016 as an Out of School Youth looking for training to help her reach self-sufficient employment. She is a single mother with two young children receiving SNAP and was struggling to make ends meet. We helped her to build her first resume, and had her take… Read more »

Spotlight Success

Cheri, Machine Operator

Cheri H. was referred to Goodwill by the Radford Virginia Employment Commission office in late November 2017. Cheri had decided to re-enter the workforce because of a downturn in her husband’s income, after being a stay at home mother for several years. She had just been let go from a job that she had just… Read more »

The New River/Mount Rogers Workforce Development Board

6580 Valley Center Drive Suite 119,
Radford, VA 24141
Phone: (540) 633-6764 or (540) 633-6766
Fax: (540) 633-2502

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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER/PROGRAM:

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

TDD-VA Relay: 711
Marty Holliday
EO Officer
marty.holliday@nrmrwib.org
540-633-6764

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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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