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A strong workforce metric gets even stronger with context. One workforce board connected its outcomes to 1,674 jobs, $12.6 million in tax revenue, and a 3.8x return on public investment. The real insight was seeing how individual program results connected to the broader economy. See how Chmura approaches workforce impact analysis: https://lnkd.in/gYd8FMkj What context would strengthen your organization's story? #Chmura #WorkforceDevelopment #EconomicImpact

Can your labor market handle a data center at peak construction? That question can get overlooked when power, land, incentives, and permitting dominate the site selection conversation. A market might look ready based on average workforce needs. But peak construction tells a different story. Chmura analyzed a representative Midwestern labor shed and found that workforce availability became much tighter when demand increased from roughly 300 workers on average to about 750 workers at peak construction. Specialized trades, including electricians, pipefitters, sheet metal workers, and telecommunications installers, came under greater pressure. That can create real challenges: 🔹 Higher recruiting and wage pressure 🔹 Greater reliance on workers outside the region 🔹 More pressure on construction schedules 🔹 Added need for training and apprenticeship pipelines Workforce capacity deserves the same scrutiny as power and infrastructure before a location moves forward. Read the full analysis: https://lnkd.in/g98_E7S5 Could your region support the workforce surge required at peak construction? #Chmura #DataCenters #SiteSelection #WorkforceDevelopment

Chmura is in Bonita Springs for #SEDC2026! 🌴 We’re excited to spend a few days connecting with economic development leaders from across the South, catching up with familiar faces, and meeting some new ones along the way. A special shoutout to Jackie Chang from Santa Rosa County Economic Development Office! It’s great to connect with clients and partners like Jackie who are doing important work in their communities. If you’re at SEDC this week, come say hi to the Chmura team — we’d love to connect! #EconomicDevelopment #SEDC2026 #Chmura #SantaRosaCounty

Strong regions are built through collaboration, shared insight, and leaders willing to invest their time in the future of their communities. Thank you to the Greater Richmond Partnership’s board members—including Chmura CEO Chris Chmura—for volunteering their time and expertise to help guide the region’s economic development strategy. We’re proud to be part of the work shaping Greater Richmond’s continued growth and opportunity.

Is there really one “market rate” for a role? National salary benchmarks can be a useful starting point. But compensation decisions happen inside specific labor markets, and those markets can look very different from one another. The same role can face different pay pressures depending on: 🔹 Local talent supply 🔹 Experience level 🔹 Employer competition 🔹 Wage trends 🔹 Geography That context matters when setting salary ranges, reviewing compensation, opening roles in new markets, or trying to understand why a position is harder to fill in one location than another. A benchmark tells you what a role may pay. Labor market context helps explain why and whether that number makes sense where you are actually competing for talent. See how Chmura helps teams bring labor market context into compensation decisions: https://lnkd.in/g5BnTwhf How much weight does geography carry in your compensation strategy? #Chmura #CompensationStrategy #PeopleAnalytics #LaborMarketData

Are your workforce outcomes easy for stakeholders to understand and remember? Many teams have the data. The harder part is turning it into a clear story. A report can include enrollment, completions, credentials, employment, earnings, and retention and still leave the audience asking: what does this actually mean? Strong impact communication starts with one stakeholder question. 🔹 What changed for participants? 🔹 How does the result compare with a baseline or goal? 🔹 What context shaped the outcome? 🔹 What should stakeholders understand or decide next? The goal is not to include every metric. It is to give each metric a clear job. Our latest article explains how workforce organizations can connect outcomes, baselines, human experiences, visual hierarchy, and measurement limits into a story stakeholders can actually use. Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/gZHXN9xy What makes workforce impact hardest to communicate clearly? #Chmura #WorkforceDevelopment #ImpactReporting #StakeholderCommunication

Are you training for the jobs employers need now or the jobs they needed last year? Workforce programs work best when training decisions reflect what is actually happening in the local labor market. Chmura gives workforce organizations the data to connect programs with demand. 🔹 See which occupations are growing 🔹 Understand the skills employers are requesting 🔹 Identify the companies actively hiring 🔹 Compare wages, forecasts and workforce demographics JobsEQ brings those signals together so workforce boards and training providers can make more informed decisions about programs, partnerships and career pathways. The goal is not simply more data. It is a clearer answer to a critical question: where can workforce investments create the most opportunity? Explore Chmura's workforce development solutions: https://lnkd.in/gRnrXbtG What labor market signal has the biggest influence on your program planning? #Chmura #WorkforceDevelopment #LaborMarketData #WorkforceStrategy

For a specific site, the more practical question is: How many of the workers we need are actually within a reasonable drive? In this example, increasing the drive time from 20 to 45 minutes expands the pool of employed registered nurses from 23,086 to 34,928. That’s 11,842 more RNs within a 45-minute drive of the site. Whether you’re selecting a site or actively hiring, that can completely change how you think about the available workforce. Using ZCTAs and drive-time analysis in JobsEQ Canvas, you can get much more specific about the workforce surrounding an actual location instead of relying on a broad county or regional total. That helps answer some very practical questions: - Can we hire enough people from the local area? - How far do we need to look for workers? - Is this location feasible for the roles we need to fill? - Will we need to recruit from outside the region? That’s real data for making better site selection and recruitment decisions. Learn more about JobsEQ Canvas 👉 https://lnkd.in/g-CtYR6D Follow Chmura 👉 Chmura Economics & Analytics

Final call! There’s still time to save 10% on Chmura’s Workforce Development Month Impact Kit, but the offer ends August 15. Turn your workforce data into a clear, compelling story that demonstrates your impact to funders, partners, stakeholders, and your community—just like Virginia Career Works – Northern. Don’t miss your chance to get your custom kit in time for Workforce Development Month this September. Reserve your kit: https://lnkd.in/eKgfXeHd #WorkforceDevelopmentMonth #WorkforceDevelopment #WorkforceData #ImpactAnalysis