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IN Career Council in place, to begin work soon

Governor Mike Pence says he wants the newly-created Indiana Career Council to act with urgency as it looks for ways to improve the preparedness and skill level of Indiana’s workforce.  He named appointees to the four remaining unfilled positions on the council Tuesday.

The Council, created by legislation unanimously approved by the General Assembly last session, will meet for the first time later this month.  Pence says its mission is to develop ideas for transformational change in the state’s workforce development efforts.

“By creating a new forum that will encourage greater collaboration between a broad range of state agencies and, even more importantly, private sector partners.”

Pence says the council will help align and coordinate regional workforce training and education systems.   Members of the council include leaders from the state’s manufacturing and life sciences industries, labor representatives, lawmakers and state agency directors. 

The council is expected to align workforce development efforts by connecting government with private business and education to ensure Hoosiers are properly trained for the positions available in their areas.  And with the council’s first major progress report due at the beginning of December, Pence is directing its members to act quickly.

“Let’s move into this quickly and if there’s legislative proposals that we can take to the General Assembly that have been developed out of the work of the Indiana Career Council in its first few months, you better believe it – we’re going to be taking those into the General Assembly.

The council will meet for the first time later this month.  Its members include leaders from the state’s manufacturing and life sciences industries, labor representatives, lawmakers and state agency directors.

Brandon Smith is excited to be working for public radio in Indiana. He has previously worked in public radio as a reporter and anchor in mid-Missouri for KBIA Radio out of Columbia. Prior to that, he worked for WSPY Radio in Plano, Illinois as a show host, reporter, producer and anchor. His first job in radio was in another state capitol, in Jefferson City, Missouri, as a reporter for three radio stations around Missouri. Brandon graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a Bachelor of Journalism in 2010, with minors in political science and history. He was born and raised in Chicago.