Jobs Creation Commission to Host Friday Hearing

The Jobs Creation Commission is hosting a regional hearing at the Framingham Library, 49 Lexington St., Friday, April 13, from 9 a.m. to noon.

Foxborough is part of Partnerships for a Skilled Workforce, which is working with the commission.

These sessions are intended to provide commissioners with a complete overview of the challenges and opportunities individuals face when looking for work and those that local businesses face when looking to hire. Discussions focus on the methods, ideas, and opportunities available to help spur job creation and ensure continued economic growth across the Commonwealth.

The intent is to use this information to examine the effectiveness of the state’s existing policies as well as identify what additional work can be done to propel economic growth, create jobs and help Massachusetts maintain its competitive edge.

The hearings will consist of three panels:

•Individuals actively looking for work and officials from local organizations that represent workers to discuss successful services to utilize while searching for work as well as the barriers keeping them from being employed;

•Local business owners to discuss the costs of doing business associated with the region, and the circumstances under which they look to hire additional employees; and

•Human resource professionals to discuss what skills they look for in an employee, what services they use for employee training, and what they do when the available applicants do not meet all the criteria they look for.