Leadership Metro Richmond grows leaders who care about the Richmond, VA regional area. Our Workforce Development team saw a need to assist with fixing the workforce hiring crisis in our area and sought the advice of young people.
Our goals are to get you READY FOR WORK IN RVA. Find everything you need to prepare you for your first/next job in RVA!
Ready to Work RVA…
We want to see our region grow in the area of workforce development. We know the future is in our youth so we challenged ourselves to figure out what’s keeping our young people from finding and keeping sustainable employment in the RVA region.
What better way to find out than to ask young people? We threw tradition out the window and collaborated with young people (bloopers included) to figure out how we solve our region’s workforce crisis.
Class of 2023 Leadership Metro Richmond
Workforce Development Team
Young People Speak Event
What Our Young People Have to Say
We need mental health support in order to be successful at work. That should be part of the workforce development and training. We have stress outside of work to deal with as well. Treat us with respect. We are people too.
From Richmond, VA
We want to be paid. Full stop.
But we also want to be in positions that allow us to learn new things and grow. Training and opportunity are really important. We don’t just want to sit around and do the bare minimum. We want to work and support the companies we work for. Tell us what we get paid up front.
But we also want to be in positions that allow us to learn new things and grow. Training and opportunity are really important. We don’t just want to sit around and do the bare minimum. We want to work and support the companies we work for. Tell us what we get paid up front.
From Richmond, VA
We want to learn to help your company and should be treated like all the other employees. Be patient as we learn and we’ll give 100% of ourselves. Have fun with your young staff. We have some bright ideas that can change how you hire. Tik Tok is where we go for everything; especially jobs.
From Richmond, VA
Sometimes if it’s our first job, we need assistance with the basic things like filling out paperwork, tax forms, and have access to some basic skills like budgeting and financial empowerment. It’s important for us to learn things that will keep us able to keep our jobs. We don’t get treated like we can grow in our roles a lot of times.
From Richmond, VA