The Role of Workforce Development (Featuring Jermaine Hampton)

📌 What is workforce development? 📌 How important is workforce development in fostering economic growth? 📌 How can economic development organizations create effective workforce development initiatives? We answer all those questions and more in this episode of The Development Dialogues with Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC)'s Vice President for Workforce Development and Special Projects Jermaine Hampton. With more than 13 years of leadership expertise in workforce development across both public and private sectors, Jermaine shares on the podcast how his career in economic development all started, his passion for propelling empowering communities, how LAEDC brings together different stakeholders within the region to create effective community and economic development programs, and a whole lot more.

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📌 What is workforce development?

📌 How important is workforce development in fostering economic growth?

📌 How can economic development organizations create effective workforce development initiatives?

We answer all those questions and more in this episode of The Development Dialogues with Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC)’s Vice President for Workforce Development and Special Projects Jermaine Hampton.

With more than 13 years of leadership expertise in workforce development across both public and private sectors, Jermaine shares on the podcast how his career in economic development all started, his passion for propelling empowering communities, how LAEDC brings together different stakeholders within the region to create effective community and economic development programs, and a whole lot more.

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