Talent & Workforce Development
The Regional Business Council believes that every citizen has a right to a sustainable career, and the economic health of our region depends depends on the maintenance of a robust, diverse, and talented workforce. Through our workforce and talent development initiatives we ensure that people have the knowledge, skills, and tools to access and excel in their professions. Initiatives like Young Professionals Network provides unlimited professional development opportunities and networking to over 4,000 diverse leaders. We also work hard to build a strong pipeline for high school and post-secondary students to the Trades, Advance Manufacturing, Healthcare, Public Safety, and Tech fields because we recognize the need for career paths that do not require four-year college degrees.
RBC members are focused on the growth of St. Louis as a talent hub by attracting, retaining, and developing talented, young, diverse professionals in the region and advocating for public policies that support job growth and business attraction.
Talent & Workforce Development Initiatives
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Every academic year, each of the schools of business and engineering in the HEC hand-select students based on criteria that includes academic performance, leadership outside the classroom and willingness to stay and work in the St. Louis business community. These students are then individually paired with a CEO or top executive of an RBC company to receive practical, “real world” knowledge and post-graduate opportunities. Learn More.
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The Regional Business Council launched the Young Professionals Network in 2008 to attract, retain and develop a highly-skilled diverse workforce in the St. Louis Region. Learn More.
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STL.works is focused on developing the workforce pipeline. STL.works was created to address the skilled labor shortage and increase the pipeline of candidates into high-demand, skilled positions in order to elevate St. Louis as one of the nation's foremost cities for a diverse, skilled workforce. Learn more.
