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Workforce Issues for Expanding Businesses

Workforce Issues for Expanding Businesses

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Most business expansions are focused on those already in a community and not on bringing in the next big employer.
Yankton Area Progressive Growth C.E.O. Nancy Wenande says local companies are ready to expand….https://soundcloud.com/wnax-radio/nancy-wenande-524a

Wenande says it doesn’t make sense to bring in another new company when labor is at a premium….https://soundcloud.com/wnax-radio/nancy-wenande-524b

Wenande says there are about seven hundred unfilled jobs in Yankton County right now.

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