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Resources - Videos & Commentary

Videos

  • What caused the Midwest workforce shortages, and what can we do about it? This three-minute video answers those questions. It was created while I was the director of a business outreach center at Iowa State University (CIRAS). It highlights Iowa data, but the solutions apply across the U.S.

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  • This 47-minute webinar was given to the Marshalltown (Iowa) Area Chamber of Commerce in January 2022. It goes into more detail than I highlight in the short video above. It's an Iowa discussion, but much of the data is for the entire U.S., and the proposed solutions apply anywhere. 

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  • Stop back. More videos will be posted in the coming months. Email me to request a video on a specific topic.  

Video of Ron Cox explaining Midwest workforce shortages and solutions.

“To say the least I was impressed, not only by your presentation, but by the information and ideas you shared.”

  - Economic Development Board Member

Commentary

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Stop back. More articles will be posted in the coming months. 

  • Laborers and Telemarketers and Baristas, Oh My!

  • Labor Hoarding - Fact or Fiction?

  • Midwest Population Pyramids​

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