Spotlight on Workforce

Spotlight on Workforce is a series of breakfast seminars that provide business professionals a unique opportunity to become better informed about key workforce issues currently affecting our region by featuring field experts and local businesses. Spotlight on Workforce is HRCI certified for 1 hour.

Our next Spotlight on Workforce event will be on January 30th featuring author Dr. Blake Leath.  Join us as he discusses his book:  Cultivating the Strategic Mind: Growing From Leader to Visionary, Creator and Architect of Strategy.

Workforce Toolbox

The Workforce Toolbox was designed to provide chamber members with an easy to use resource for finding help with workforce development issues. The service providers listed in the toolbox are chamber members who provide expertise in multiple areas of human capital management.

Labor and Employment Law Update

The full day employment law seminar, hosted by the Chamber and produced by the law firm Haynes & Boone LLP, brings business owners, in-house counsel, managers who hire, fire and discipline employees, personnel/human resources managers, risk managers and anyone with an interest in Labor Law all of the latest labor and employment law changes and updates.

Haynes and Boone, L.L.P. is an international law firm with nine offices throughout Texas, Washington, D.C., Mexico City and New York, providing a full spectrum of legal services to clients around the world. With more than 450 attorneys, Haynes and Boone is ranked among the largest law firms in the nation by National Law Journal. AmLaw Tech Magazine Scoreboard ranked Haynes and Boone first in law firm technology in 2001. The firm has been recognized as one of the “20 Best Law Firms to Work For” (Vault.com, 2004), one of the “Best Corporate Law Firms in America” (Corporate Board Member Magazine, 2001-2003) and recipient of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association’s 2002 Thomas L. Sager Award for commitment to diversity.

Job Shadowing Program

Job shadowing is an academically motivating activity designed to give middle and high school students an up-close look at the world of work and to answer the question, "Why do I have to learn this?" In a fun, fast-paced, four-hour time span, young people have a new perspective on their studies, as well as showing them a number of opportunities for their future. We match businesses and organizations with local students and provide all the tools necessary for a successful experience. Join us this year in showing students the ‘learning to earning’ connection. Becoming an education partner not only benefits our young people, it is good for business!

Job Shadowing (PDF)

Workplace Flexibility

In 2004, the City of Dallas was selected as one of eight cities nationwide to launch the campaign for Workplace Flexibility and was therefore included in the Alfred P. Sloan Award competition to honor companies in the eight communities that have successfully used flexibility to meet both business and employee goals. The Greater Dallas Chamber is proud to partner with The Center for Workplace Preparation and When Work Works in honoring sixteen Dallas companies as semi-finalists for the 2005 Sloan Award.

The Greater Dallas Chamber will be hosting programs and awards ceremonies annually, featuring three of the semi-finalists who will speak to the topic of workplace flexibility.

DFW Regional Clusters:

Background:

The DFW Regional Workforce Leadership Council (RWLC) is a partnership between representatives from industry, workforce providers and education providers in the DFW area. It was formed in 2002 to address a perceived information gap between employers, academia, and workforce suppliers. To close this gap, the Council created targeted industry cluster groups comprised of employers, local workforce boards, community partners, and education providers. The clusters allow industries to coordinate workforce activities while leveraging resources for maximum results. To date, the Council has formed clusters in the following industries: Aerospace, Healthcare, Semiconductor, Logistics, and Math/Science Readiness. The Council is currently researching possible clusters in the Information Technology, Trucking, Construction and Tourism industries.

Mission Statement:

The mission of the DFW Regional Workforce Leadership Council is to develop sustainable, industry-led workforce solutions that address regional needs.

Vision Elements:

To accomplish the mission statement, the Council developed the following vision of how the industry cluster system would work: