Workforce & Economy

The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC), in partnership with the Technical College System of Georgia Foundation, received a $200,000 contribution from Google to launch the Pathways to the Digital Economy (PADE)…

The Atlanta Regional Commission has opened the Gwinnett County Career Resource Center’s new location in Duluth. This improved space will better serve job seekers from across the county. The center…

The Atlanta Regional Commission today announced that Brett Lacy has joined the agency as Managing Director of Workforce Solutions. In this role, Lacy will also serve as Director of the…

By now, it’s clear that electric vehicles are the wave of the future. Carmakers are doubling down on the technology, and President Biden has set a goal for half of…

The Atlanta Regional Commission Board adopted an update to the region’s Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS), which aims to foster economic prosperity across metro Atlanta, with an emphasis on equity,…

Austin, Texas may conjure images of cowboy boots, big hats, and barbecue. But don’t let the “Deep in the Heart of Texas” mythology fool you. Austin has quickly become one…

The Atlanta region’s economy has certainly been on a wild ride of late. By some measures (think unemployment rate, job growth), we’re on the right track. But by other key…

Many employers continue to have a difficult time hiring in this red-hot labor market. Across industries, the supply of available skilled workers is not enough to fulfill the demands of…

The pandemic has changed a lot of things — including work. For those who work with information, telework has become routine — and experts say it’s too late to put…

COVID-19 has put the economy on a roller coaster ride.  In the early days of the pandemic, unemployment rolls soared as businesses shed jobs. In April 2020, a record 20.5 million Americans lost…

WorkSource Atlanta Regional announced today that it will reopen its Career Resource Centers in Cherokee, Clayton, Douglas, Fayette, Gwinnett, Henry, and Rockdale counties for in-person services the week of July…

We’ve heard a lot about teleworking lately: how COVID-19 has revved up the pace on adaptations for working at home, about the equity divide between those who can work online…

COVID-19 is not just a health crisis – it’s also an economic crisis, as unemployment in claims in Georgia have reached 1.3 million since mid-March. But some places are still…

WorkSource Atlanta Regional has launched a series of webinars aimed at helping the region’s job-seekers find jobs and prepare themselves for future employment. The webinars are aimed at both enhancing…

Workforce automation is growing around the nation and right here in metro Atlanta, and — whether you know it or not — likely has some major effects on your job,…

WorkSource Metro Atlanta has launched atlworks.org, a website designed to provide a streamlined and seamless way for job-seekers and employers to navigate the resources available through the region’s WorkSource agencies….

The data folks at the Atlanta Regional Commission have been up to their elbows in metro Atlanta workforce information lately. Their most-recent analysis shows what industries are growing, which are…

Imagine the year 2050. What do you think metro Atlanta will be like three decades from now? Will advanced technology (self-driving cars and other gizmos yet to be invented) bring…

How’s metro Atlanta’s economy doing? That’s a complicated question. First of all, the region’s economy is diverse, and it’s big: If it were a country, it would rank somewhere between…

As days turned to weeks during the recent partial government shutdown, hundreds of thousands of federal employees were furloughed or working without pay. The shutdown — and the prospect of…