Fellowship program seeks to retain, develop state’s young workforce

2/24/2023

Nonprofit group Generation West Virginia is organizing a fellowship program to help retain and advance the careers of young people in the state.

The nine-month fellowship program aims to help workers in their 20s and 30s interested in in-state careers grow their leadership and development skills alongside networking opportunities with fellow young professionals and business leaders.

“A lot of small businesses in West Virginia don’t have the capacity to provide really great, robust professional development opportunities for their teams,” Executive Director Alex Weld said. “And so this program is really built in response to that -- how can we support young people in their growth and their efforts to stay here while also supporting companies who have young talent that they want to keep, and they want to grow in into new roles that they otherwise might not be able to support on their own?”

https://wvpublic.org/fellowship-program-seeks-to-retain-develop-states-young-workforce/

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