What you need to know “Everyone that’s going to enter the labor market in the next 15 years has been born,” said Janet Harrah, senior director of the Center for Economic Analysis and Development at Northern Kentucky University. Harrah met with LINK nky to discuss ongoing labor and workforce trends in Northern Kentucky, which in […]
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To compete, region must lean into assets
What you need to know America’s economy is rapidly changing, and Northern Kentucky’s business leaders don’t want to be caught with their heads in the sand. Automation, artificial intelligence, educational changes, trade wars and other looming challenges threaten to upend the status quo, as transformative technologies and geopolitical conflicts become part of everyday life. While […]
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Are robots coming for your job? Probably.
What you need to know Are robots about to overtake everything, including McDonald’s? “In my professional work lifetime, do I think I’m going to get my Big Mac from a robot?” asked Dan Cahill of HSD Metrics in Covington. “I’m 100 percent sure I will. Because there will not be another option. There won’t be […]
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Kenton County backs Northern Kentucky Works initiative
Kenton County is officially supporting the Northern Kentucky Works initiative. On Tuesday, the Kenton County Fiscal Court unanimously voted to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with Boone County, Campbell County and the Northern Kentucky Area Development District to support Northern Kentucky Works. Northern Kentucky Works is a workforce development initiative that would develop and […]
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With declining state birthrate, where will Kentucky find a workforce?
This story originally appeared in the March 1, 2024 edition of the LINK Reader. Click here to subscribe. At 30-years-old, Francisco Tello was offered an exciting opportunity. His then-employer, Mars, producers of M&M’s and other candies, transferred him in 1999 to Waco, Texas, from Querètaro, Mexico, to serve as an industrial engineering manager. “I felt […]
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NKY leaders: ‘We don’t have enough people’
Northern Kentucky leaders are sounding the alarm on what they are describing as the region’s tight labor market. On Tuesday morning, Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties’ judges/executive spoke at the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce’s Eggs ‘N Issues breakfast panel, where each addressed their county’s recent accomplishments, challenges and goals. Throughout their speeches, a prevailing […]
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NKY Workforce Investment Board works to connect candidates to the right positions
Florence resident Jo Lynn Sanders is a student and will soon be entering the labor pool. The Northern Kentucky Workforce Investment Board believes its efforts to utilize technology to pair job seekers with employers will benefit people like Sanders. During the board’s Tuesday session in Florence, the panel, which drives policy, direction and funding oversight […]
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TANK recognized for longevity, resilience
The Kentucky Public Transit Association has recognized the Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky for a half-century of community service and resilient efforts to regain ridership. TANK received the Outstanding Section 5307 Urbanized Public Transit System of 2023 award during the recent Kentucky Public Transit Association Conference in Lexington. The Federal Transit Administration’s 5307 program designates […]
