Jill Biden visits Columbus, promoting the city as a “Workforce Hub”
First lady Jill Biden visited Columbus yesterday to promote the city as a "Workforce Hub" where, the administration says, it is partnering with local leaders to support tech manufacturing.
Business leaders have credited our skilled workforce as a reason they chose to locate and expand here. Collaborative investments into job training programs by governments, labor unions, schools and employers, like the Workforce Hub initiative, seek to build on that promise.
Columbus State Community College (CSCC) plans to greatly increase the number of students trained for engineering technology jobs over the next five years. The college is launching a new semiconductor technician certificate program this fall with curriculum help from Intel.
Community college enrollment in Ohio is rebounding as students embrace an affordable alternative to four-year degree programs. There is a major opportunity in particular for Columbus City School graduates, who receive free CSCC tuition through the Columbus Promise program.
Meanwhile, a handful of local labor unions will expand their training facilities and registered apprenticeship programs in the construction trades.
Columbus' reputation as a Midwest tech and innovation hub was foreshadowed years ago — it has since been cemented by a string of major business developments. Job programs like the ones announced yesterday aim to strengthen those projects and potentially spur new ones.
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