The Governor’s Education Council, the Kansas Chamber, and the Brandmeyer Center for Applied Economics at the KU School of Business are looking for communities to participate in a survey. Through research, the survey is aimed to help better define the term “skills gap” and the shortfalls in the Kansas business community.
Great Bend Chamber of Commerce CEO Jan Peters says the City of Great Bend was chosen as one of the five or six communities that will participate in the survey.
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Peters says the Chamber will try to promote the survey to local businesses. The data collected from the survey will help the Kansas Chamber develop its action plan for Vision 2025 to provide the workforce needed for the next 20 years.
Members representing the survey will be in Great Bend on July 11 to chat with business owners.
The answers to the “Defining the ‘Skills Gap’ in Kansas” survey will help education and state leaders in preparing students for success and businesses the opportunity to grow.