Demand for skilled workers is high with over 20,000 positions unfilled as of last month. | Stock Photo at Getty Images
Demand for skilled workers is high with over 20,000 positions unfilled as of last month. | Stock Photo at Getty Images
Research Triangle employers are partnering with non-profit organization Merit America to help local job seekers prepare for high paying careers.
"The Raleigh-Durham area's fast-growing technology community has a critical role to play in ensuring an equitable economic recovery after COVID-19," Raleigh Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin said in a news release on Aug. 6. "Forward-thinking partnerships between local employers like Infosys, and training providers focused on the region's most in-demand skills, can help create new pathways to opportunity for displaced workers across the region."
The Research Triangle is fast becoming one of the nation’s major tech hubs. Demand for skilled workers remains high even in the face of the pandemic, with more than 20,000 positions available statewide last month. Employers across the region are seeking strategies to build a diverse and inclusive workforce to meet that demand.
Founded in 2018, Merit America has existing sites in the greater Washington, DC region and Dallas-Fort Worth and works with leading employers to provide career paths to upwardly mobile careers for Americans without college degrees.
Merit America recently announced the expansion of its educational training program to the Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina area.
"Workers without college degrees have borne the brunt of the economic downturn from the pandemic -- and often have limited access to the training and support that can help them shift into new careers," Merit America co-CEO Connor Diemand-Yauman said in the news release. "As a hotspot of one of the country's fastest-growing industries, North Carolina is uniquely positioned to provide those resources -- in ways that can accelerate economic mobility for the workers who need it most."
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