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  • Illinois looks to boost its skilled labor workforce through high-quality educ...
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    A new report has found that the state of Illinois must do more to close the skills gap in order to create the next generation of qualified workers.

    Members of the nonprofit business organization America's Edge recently held a news conference to highlight the report, saying that only four out of every 10 "work-age Illinois adults" have an associates degree or higher from a career training college or postsecondary institution.

    "To insure our long-term economic security, we need an infrastructure solution. That's what early education can do for our education system and our economy.  It can create a pipeline of skilled workers that businesses know they will need," Tim Carpenter, state director of the Illinois chapter of America's Edge, told the Quincy Journal.

    According to education officials, a strong start in early education could help encourage more students to seek postsecondary training, which would also support thousands of new jobs in the state, with many of the fastest growing jobs in the Illinois expected to require more than a high school education by 2018.

    The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that professionals with a postsecondary degree can earn $500 more per week than those with a high school diploma or less. 

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  • Online publisher Cafepress setting up shop in Kentucky
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    Online publisher and retailer Cafepress has announced plans to move its corporate headquarters from California to Kentucky, a move that is expected to create more than 500 new full-time jobs for workers with computer networking training and other high-tech skills.

    The company, which has a portfolio of e-commerce websites that also includes CanvasOnDemand and Logosportswear, said it will invest $16.5 million to generate 592 positions at the new office in Louisville over the next 10 years,

    "Today marks a continued commitment to our relationship with the great state of Kentucky as we bring our global headquarters to Louisville and cement the path to new jobs,"  CafePress Chief Executive officer Bob Marino added. "And, this move makes CafePress Inc. the first publicly traded E-commerce Company to be headquartered in the Commonwealth."

    CafePress' main production facility has been located in Louisville since 2005. The move to Kentucky will include an expansion of the plant by an additional 185,000 square-feet.

    According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, job opportunities for network and computer systems administrators are expected to increase much faster than the average of other occupations, by 28 percent, through 2020.

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  • Texas cities lead Forbes list of best places for job growth
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    A number of cities in Texas have risen to the top of Forbes' new rankings of the best metropolitan areas for jobs seekers to find work.

    According to the new list, Texas dominates job creation for those with IT training and workers with experience in the skilled trades in a number of categories for large, mid-sized and small cities.

    "Energy-rich Texas cities dominate our list – the state has added some 200,000 generally high-paying oil and gas jobs over the past decade – but Texas is also leading in industrial job growth, technology and services," Forbes said.

    For larger cities, Austin topped the list in growth in the manufacturing, technology and business services sectors, followed by Houston, Fort Worth and Dallas.

    Mid-size Texas cities that ranked high included Corpus Christi, McAllen-Edinburg-Mission and El Paso. In the small-size cities category, five Texas cities made the Top 10 list, including Odessa, Midland, San Angelo and Lubbock.

    The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that workers with postsecondary training can earn $500 more per week than those with a high school diploma or less.
     

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  • New LaunchTN program to help create more business, tech jobs in Tennessee
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    A five-year program recently announced by the Tennessee Technology Development Corporation and Governor Bill Haslam is expected to help entrepreneurs create more jobs in the state.

    The new initiative, called LaunchTN, will help smaller companies tap into capital investment, create a statewide business plan competition, groom new talent and increase marketing efforts in order to attract more entrepreneurs to the state, according to the Tennessean.

    "Tennessee ranks in the top 10 nationally in research and development expenditures but in the bottom 10 for commercializing the research," Haslam said while making the LaunchTN announcement during a two-day Governor's Innovation Conference. "That’s a data point that doesn’t make a lot of sense to me."

    State and local business officials said the new program is also designed to encourage startup companies to hire more workers with IT and business management training.

    "LaunchTN is another piece in our plan to make Tennessee the number one location in the Southeast for high-quality jobs," Haslam added.

    According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, workers with a postsecondary degree have the potential to earn $500 more per week than those with a high school diploma or less.
     

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  • Swedish medical device company to create 100 new jobs in Georgia
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    A Sweden-based medical device maker has announced plans to relocate its North American headquarters to Atlanta, Georgia's The Terraces office complex in Central Perimeter. The move is expected to create an additional 100 new jobs for workers with a variety of skills, including business management training and the skilled trades.

    Eleckta Incorporated said the expansion to the new building will allow it to ramp up its hiring efforts over the next five years. According to the Atlanta Business Journal, the new jobs include accounting, marketing, finance, sales and service engineering positions.

    The company makes the Leksell Gamma Knife, which is an advanced radiosurgery device that treats cancerous tumors without an incision. The new headquarters may also include a new training center to educate doctors about the product.

    Company officials told the news agency that they chose to stay in the Atlanta area because of its talented bioscience and IT workforce. The city is home to more than 200 health IT companies, which employ more than 16,000 people.

    According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment opportunities for advertising, promotions and marketing managers are expected to increase by 14 percent through the end of the decade. 

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