Our Priorities
Explore the priorities focusing our collective effort across the regional workforce ecosystem.
Our Priorities
Why These Priorities Matter
Our priorities focus collective action across employers, educators, workforce organizations, and community partners to drive change no single organization can achieve alone.
Career NavigationCareer Navigation
Job QualityJob Quality
Opportunity & AccessOpportunity & Access
Responding to Changing Economic & Workforce ConditionsResponding to Changing Economic & Workforce Conditions
Our 2026 Priorities
The four priorities below reflect where the Talent Collaborative and our partners are focusing collective effort in 2026.
Career Navigation
Increase awareness of regional workforce resources and partnerships while emphasizing career navigation that goes beyond tactical steps. Prioritize approaches that reflect the lived experience of job seekers and deliver holistic, wraparound services to remove barriers and support success.
Job Quality
Empower employers to implement for their current and future workforce to the benefit of their business and the local economy as a whole.
Opportunity & Access
Support initiatives serving priority populations, including individuals in recovery, dislocated workers, people with disabilities, youth and young adults, and returning citizens.
Responding to Changing Economic & Workforce Conditions
Facilitate dialogue and support initiatives that respond to changing workforce and economic conditions.
See Yourself in This Work?
Our priorities move forward through four workgroups, one for each focus area. Members bring expertise, partnerships, and ideas to the work. Find the one that fits you.