The 2003 Memphis area labor market survey: the continued need for local workforce development.

In 1999 the now-Sparks Bureau of Business and Economic Research (SBBER) partnered with the Memphis Area Chamber of trade (now the Memphis, Regional Chamber) to examine employer perceptions of the local labor market. flows from the survey showed a general dissatisfaction with the local entry-level workforce and urg support of ongoing unfolding efforts to improve the skills and piece of work readiness of the Memphis workforce. approveed initiatives from the 1999 inquiry centered on changes in the local education combination of parts to form a whole to establish industry career tracks and increased collaboration between place of educations and businesses. With the continued efforts of these workforce initiatives and changing