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    How Award Staffing Uses JobsEQ to Become a Trusted Partner to Their Clients

    Traditional staffing companies source and place candidates into open roles for clients, and aid job seekers in finding employment. Award Staffing, an industrial staffing agency based in the Twin...
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    Young Adult and Prime Age Labor Force Participation Surpass Pre-Pandemic Levels While Retirements Surge

      As the Federal Reserve seeks to tame inflation, the labor shortage exacerbated by the pandemic continues to keep unemployment rates low and is likely slowing the deceleration in inflation. A key...
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    Economic Impact: Weaker Labor Market for College Grads this Year, but Higher Wages

    This article was originally published in the Richmond Times Dispatch on May 8, 2023.  College and high school seniors graduating this year will be entering a weaker labor market than last year’s...
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    Military Exits Fill Talent Supply Gaps

    Exiting military personnel are an important but often overlooked contributor to a region’s talent pool. These individuals are not always a large piece of a region’s overall labor pool, but they...
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    HTL Advantage and VisionFirst Advisors Use JobsEQ to Bring Ford and SK Innovation to West Tennessee

    The Problem The history of the Memphis Regional Megasite is extensive. Located halfway between Jackson and Memphis, Tennessee, this site was first identified in the early 2000s. HTL Advantage, an...
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    How JobsEQ Has Helped Baldwin County EDA Nurture 21% Job Growth in Transportation/Warehousing Since 2015

    Please note that this case study has been amended from the original post to reflect Novelis Inc’s $2.5 billion investment in the South Alabama Mega Site, to build a groundbreaking facility and bring...
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    The Value of Job Ads Data in the Location Decision

    This article was originally published in Area Development Magazine in Q1 2023.  Job ads are an important tool for understanding the labor market at a prospective location. Individual job ads — as...
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    4 Ways Educators Use JobsEQ to Win

    Being an educator will never be easy. But JobsEQ by Chmura can make it easier. And if you subscribe to JobsEQ, you haven’t just purchased a software tool. You’ve joined a community of people who...
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    How JobsEQ Helped Northwest Arkansas Bring 20,000 Visitors to Their Career Website

    Before JobsEQ: Struggling to Match Job Seekers with Real-Time Jobs For over 30 years, the Northwest Arkansas Council has helped shape the development of Northwest Arkansas, a three-county region near...
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