With a strong, healthy economy, and low unemployment rate, businesses face the challenge of an inadequate labor pool which makes filling open positions extra difficult. Although employers may interview an adequate pool of possible candidates, many are not properly skilled, or prepared for the workplace.

Additionally, the changing culture results in different interpretations of a "work ethic". Compound this with an existing inadequate pool of technically skilled workers, and the challenge is more than frustration, it begins to effect business delivery and ability to remain in a growth and expansion mode.

Public funding for employment and training efforts has focused most recently on developing the employability of those who previously were unemployed, and both tax incentives and directed training have, in this economy, reduced the welfare rolls and converted unutilized labor into an available labor source.

However, there remain some additional workers who have not been trained and oriented to work for whom public resources remain available. Also, providing training for current workers would fill a recognized need to provide for ongoing educational and skill development in the existing labor pool of the region.