Community Conversations: Workforce - A Call to Action

With 10.1 Million unfilled job openings, the United States is facing a huge labor shortage. Businesses are reporting low numbers of applicants and even fewer qualified candidates, despite their best recruitment efforts. 

What is contributing to the massive number of job vacancies, and what can businesses do to ensure that they find the applicants they need? Want to talk about this more? Join is for our Workforce: A Call to Action event and hear from our panel of experts on workforce issues and how businesses can mitigate them.

 

 

Breakfast will be served! 

$35 for Members
$45 for Future Members
Registration Deadline is Friday, August 20 COBD

SPEAKERS

Fredericksburg Regional Chamber COVID Meetings/Events Attendance Policy
 
You are registering to attend Community Conversations.
 
With your attendance, you acknowledge that you are aware of, and assuming the risk of, attending meetings in person expressly including any and all risk associated with COVID -19.
 
You acknowledge the possibility exists that you may come into contact with others that have been exposed to the coronavirus.
 
You acknowledge that you knowingly accept the risks of potentially acquiring COVID-19 and/or any other illness and/or injury that may arise from an in-person meeting.
 
You agree to hold harmless: The Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce, its members, Board of Directors, Holiday Inn and Conference Center, and guests, for any deleterious effects resulting from your attendance at any meetings of the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber.  The Fredericksburg Regional Chamber, its members, Board of Directors, Holiday Inn and Conference Center, and guests hereby expressly disavow any liability resulting from holding these meetings.
 
DETAILS:
 

• You attest that you have not come into contact with others that have coronavirus, nor have been exposed to the virus within the last two weeks.
• You agree to comply with the state guidelines regarding meetings, and are not currently sick, nor running a fever.
• The Chamber will work within the state guidelines regarding indoor meetings, to the best of its ability, but cannot guarantee that our efforts will not result in harm to attendees.

NOTE:

• If you are experiencing symptoms such as fever, cough, shortness of breath, or have been exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, please do not enter the building.
• Are you currently experiencing, or have you experienced in the past 14 days, any of the following symptoms? *Please take your temperature before you answer this question. Fever (100.4 °F/37.9° C or greater as measured by an oral thermometer)
  • Cough
  • Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing *
  • Sore throat *
  • New loss of taste or smell *
  • Chills *
  • Head or muscle aches *
  • Nausea, diarrhea, vomiting *
  • In the past 14 days, have you been in close proximity to anyone who was experiencing any of the above symptoms or has experienced any of the above symptoms since your contact? *
  • In the past 14 days, have you been in close proximity to anyone who has tested positive for COVID-19? *
  • Have you been tested for COVID-19 and are waiting to receive test results? *
  • In the past 14 days, have you been on a commercial flight or traveled outside of the Unite States? *
  • In the past 14 days, have you been in close proximity to anyone who has been on a commercial flight or traveled outside of the United States? *

BY REGISTERING FOR THIS MEETING/EVENT, I HEREBY STATE THAT MY ANSWER IS “NO” TO ALL OF THE ABOVE LISTED ITEMS.
SHOULD YOU ANSWER IN THE AFFIRMATIVE TO ANY OF THE ABOVE NOTED ITEMS YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO ENTER THE BUILDING.
Safety Requirements *
The CDC currently recommends vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals wear a mask when in contact with others and not eating/drinking.