Blog – WorkForce Central

Posted November 21, 2018

Learn about our strategic plan for workforce development! This time, we’re coming to you.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: CANDICE RUUD, 253.213.2960 TACOMA, WA – The Pierce County Workforce Development Council (WDC) has unveiled its latest workforce strategic plan draft for the region, [...]

Tacoma-Lakewood just experienced huge employment growth. What does that mean in historical context?

August 31, 2018

Buried at the bottom of a recent news release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics was an interesting tidbit that got a lot of attention in Pierce County: From July 2017 to July 2018, [...]

You don’t need a 4-year degree to land a family-wage job in Pierce County

August 22, 2018

TACOMA, Wash. – What do electricians, truck drivers, nurses and insurance agents all have in common? It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but it’s not. Those are four of the [...]

New Requests for Proposals Reflect WorkForce Central’s Growing Role in Pierce County

July 23, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: CANDICE RUUD, 253.213.2960 TACOMA, Wash. – If you follow our website closely, you may have noticed WorkForce Central has recently published two notable Requests for [...]

So Much Job Growth: Why is the Unemployment Rate Still High?

July 2, 2018

When we released the latest employment numbers last week, we took notice of an interesting trend: the largest single-month growth in jobs in a long time alongside just a modest drop in the [...]

Analyzing our March 2018 Pierce County employment report

May 7, 2018

WorkForce Central released Pierce County’s latest employment numbers last week, and, unsurprisingly, the unemployment rate is down after a typical post-holiday spike. But hold the champagne: [...]