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Follow the Yellow Brick Bridge…to the Blue Road

Goals and Gratitude I try to remember every morning to write out a list of my goals for the day and things I am grateful for. Especially during this holiday season, I often find myself consistently grateful for all the amazing things happening in my life, and since...

Today’s Job Market is…Different

    In the past few weeks friends of mine looking for new jobs were astounded when they didn’t get a call back from a few applications. They turned to their resident labor market nerd (hand raised) just to say, “this feels different…” to which I respond,...

Career Awareness is Bigger than Workforce

  According to federal studies and surveys, 20.9 million American adults consider themselves to be in recovery from substance use disorder and 38.8 million consider themselves to be in recovery from a mental health issue. This recovery month Invest Hamilton...

Getting Started: Mental Health at Work

  In this month's memo - video style - Mike talks with Paul Ashley, VP & Consultant for NFP, a benefits advisory firm, about how and where employers can start their mental health and wellbeing journey. They discuss their own experiences with mental health,...

Local Labor Market 2023 Midyear Review

  Amid the fears of recession, impacts of inflation and the tumultuous nature of consumer spending in our economy comes very real impacts on what is still a very hot (but cooling) labor market. Talent is still in very short supply and more expensive than ever...

Re-inventing Second Chances in Local Corrections

  If you go online and search for reentry initiatives, it is plain to see there are a myriad of initiatives in Indiana and across the country focused on connecting justice-involved populations with employment training and vocational opportunities. Amazing...

Mental Health is a Workforce Challenge and Opportunity

  Mental Health is a Workforce Challenge and Opportunity According to the Brookings Institute, a 2016 survey of individuals aged 25-54 who were not in the labor force showed that nearly half of men and 54% of women reported taking pain medications daily and, "one...

Making Your Swing Work for You

,  Making Your Swing Work For You Those of us who follow organizational leadership trends are constantly looking for that one best way to run an org, manage a team or even work. Whether Jack Welch from General Electric Co., Bill Gates at Microsoft or the multitude of...

2022 Year in Review

  2022 Year in Review 2022 was my first full calendar year working with Invest Hamilton County… and it was among one of the greatest years of my working life. Some of you are likely aware of the many roles and identities this organization has had within the...

Resiliency is a Climbing Harness not a Bootstrap

Resiliency is a climbing harness not a bootstrap Before the pandemic I can't recall resiliency being a word present in my everyday interactions. But since, it has become one of those topics on everyone's mind… and one with a myriad array of definitions and...

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