Tap into the Concientious, Productive Workforce in Spencer County Indiana

• Indiana Department of Workforce Development
  Provides labor force recruitment, including the application process, testing assessing and screening qualified applicants through its WorkOne Centers.

• Workforce Investment Board
  Encourages the continual enhancement of the available workforce while assisting employers in identifying trained workers who are qualified for specific tasks

• WorkKeys
  Administered through the Indiana Department of Workforce Development as a part of the Energize Indiana plan, the WorkKeys program provides job profiling and worker assessments to help meet employment needs.

Training Assistance in Spencer County

• Project Excellence
  One of Indiana’s newest workforce development programs, Project Excellence, is already gaining widespread attention. The two-year pilot project was developed to address workplace basic skills deficits in Spencer County’s manufacturing industry.
  
  Project Excellence is divided into two phases. The first created engineering and advanced technology academies at Spencer County’s two high schools, while enhancing services at its two adult learning centers. The second phase involves transforming an adult learning center into a lifetime and work readiness facility. An integral characteristic of the project is one that all workforce literacy programs strive for: strong collaboration among business and education sectors. For detailed information on this groundbreaking iniative, click here for a PDF of recent news coverage.
• Spencer Industries Project
  This is a workplace education project in partnership with the North Spencer Alternative Education Center and Adult Education Works in Indiana Workforce Education Project. Again, Spencer County is setting the standard for training. Read the full report in PDF format by clicking here.
• Indiana Economic Development Corporation
  Offers grants to help subsidize customized training programs addressing specific skill sets.
• Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
  Both existing training programs and customized training programs are offered at the Ivy Tech, which is part of the statewide vocational education system

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A Hudson Institute study indicates the above is not a true representation of the actual available workforce. Companies locating in Southwest Indiana are finding excellent workers. New area companies have received as many as 20 applications for every available position.

Commuting Patterns in and out of Spencer County
Over 2,100 commuters come to Spencer County to fill positions. The majority of these commuters are from the neighboring Indiana counties of Daviess, Dubois, Perry, Gibson, Warrick and Vanderburgh in Indiana and Daviess and Ohio Counties in Kentucky. These counties offer an available workforce to compliment that which already exists in Spencer County.

IIn addition, everyone appreciates the ability to work close to home. The workforce that leaves Spencer County each day (nearly 5,000 workers) offers new businesses an even larger employee pool from which to draw as county residents are attracted back to jobs within the county.

Employment and Wage Data for Spencer County (fiscal year 2005) -( View as PDF)

Great Jobs Are Available in the Spencer County Indiana Area
The location of major manufacturing facilities in the area and a strong economy, have created many jobs. Job opportunities in the Evansville area can be reviewed by visiting the Indiana Department of Workforce Development Job Bank.

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