Congratulations to my colleague Charlene Coulombe, EDFP CEcD for a job well-done! The Ogle County (IL) Economic Development Corporation will be seeking a new executive director as Charlene Coulombe will transition out of the role and into retirement. Charlene did a great job laying a firm foundation for the OCEDC as its first director. Here’s […]
Join me and colleagues at the 2023 ACT Workforce Summit this week in Nashville. I will be a member of the Coordinating Supply and Demand in the Skills Ecosystem for Educators, Employers and Learners panel moderated by Dr Cindy Hill of ACT on October 4 at 3:15 p.m. On Friday October 6 at 10 a.m. […]
Manheim Solutions, Inc. was awarded a contract in December 2021 to help Ogle County (IL) create a new county-wide economic development program. Initially, the program started January 1, 2022, as a new department with the hopes of evolving into a P3 (Public Private Partnership) with public and private stakeholders from across the county and elsewhere. […]
Chris Manheim, President of Manheim Solutions, Inc., will be attending the 2021 ACT Workforce Virtual Summit. I’ll also be presenting a TED-type talk about “Lessons from the Field: An Economic Developer’s Perspective of Developing a Skilled Workforce Topic: Partnership Innovations FRED Talks Opener, Apprenticeship, Rural Development, Employer Engagement.” Visit https://web.cvent.com/event/f11ba4e5-e7c2-4aef-8d72-dca3b75bf60f/summary?sms=7&cn=2ChXMRMAQUG1Oxu-IZLbOA&refid=SMShare for more information.
This summer, Manheim Solutions, Inc. completed several new ACT Job Profiles for Sabra at its plant near Richmond, Virginia. Sabra’s plan manufactures hummus spreads. The ACR WorkKeys Job Profiling studies not only identifies the tasks completed by an employee, but also identifies the skills and level of those skills for an employee to complete the […]
Celebrating Economic Development Week TWENTY-FIVE years ago, I earned my CEcD (Certified Economic Development) designation from the American Economic Development Council, now the IEDC (International Economic Development Council. Back in 1996, I already had a going career in community economic development, including coordinating a Small Business Development Center, working closely with many small businesses, entrepreneurs […]
ACT applauds the Biden Administration’s commitment to bolster registered apprenticeship in the United States and shares this commitment. In 2015, ACT partnered with the Manufacturing Skills Standards Council (MSSC) to accelerate the use of each organization’s stackable credentials. “Our experience is that students who first secure the ACT National Career Readiness Certificate have succeeded in […]
Elgin IL – On October 30, 2020, Ivan Baker, CEcD, AICP, FM retired as Director of the Illinois Basic Economic Development Course (IL BEDC) and appointed Chris Manheim to take over the BEDC Director responsibilities. The IL BEDC is administered through the Office of Online and Education Outreach at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville (SIUe) and […]
By Chris Manheim, CEcD, MA, Certified Economic Developer®, Authorized ACT WorkKeys Job Profiler® As Jim Walton often points out, the key site selection priority today is a skilled workforce, even ranking higher than location and infrastructure in many of the site selection surveys. But what is workforce development? There are several aspects to consider. It […]
This summer we completed a series of ACT WorkKeys Job Profiles for apprenticeship positions at the Holland (Michigan) Board of Public Works. Attached is the testimonial letter from Jon Hoffman, Human Resource Manager.c20190716 Manheim Solutions Recommendation. If your company or organization is in need of a skill analysis for any of your jobs, please contact […]
