From Challenges to Employer of Choice: The Impact of Skills Training in Buchanan County
A countywide training program funded by ARPA drove a 97% completion rate and turned one employee's growth into a countywide win.
A countywide training program funded by ARPA drove a 97% completion rate and turned one employee's growth into a countywide win.
A small-town talent pool was running dry. A summer internship pilot became a permanent onboarding pipeline.
Inconsistent, trainer-dependent onboarding took up to two months. Standardizing it cut time and cost by 62.5%
Manual training and paper quizzes gave way to 30+ custom modules. Production nearly doubled, and turnover fell.
Learn how Wholestone Farms cut turnover from 40% to 20% and tripled training usage through building compliance, competency, and culture.
Listen to Cindie Serrano of Lincoln Premium Poultry and Wendy Bushell of Palermo's Pizza discuss cutting turnover and raising engagement through targeted learning.
Learn from former LifeLine Foods CEO Kevin Kelly about how training creates manufacturing career paths, accelerates onboarding, and reduces burnout without adding headcount or new equipment.
HR Director Grant Prenzlow discusses how Wholestone Farms raised employee performance and retention while lowering operating costs with WorkForge.
How Palermo's Pizza, Wholestone Farms, LifeLine Foods, and PPC Flexible Packaging cut turnover, raised retention, and improved productivity through structured workforce development.
HR leader Lisa Miller discusses how PPC Flex reworked its learning and development practices and HR processes to drive employee performance.