Fort Worth Chamber's 2013 Annual Report 2013 | Page 8

Serving veterans
With thousands of veterans flooding the workforce, the Chamber
partners with veteran-focused organizations to help veterans
transition from military to civilian life. The Chamber’s Workforce
Development staff is researching all things veteran and identifying
what organizations are doing to shore up collaborative information
for Fort Worth businesses and workforce entities.

Partners

Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve
Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth
Job Connection Education Program
Veterans Coalition of Tarrant County
Veteran Industries Program
Texas Veterans Commission
Workforce Solutions for Tarrant County
United Way of Tarrant County
Texas Lawyers for Texas Veterans
VA Fort Worth Veterans Industries
Local business and industry

Engineer Job Connect

The Chamber provides marketing and outreach to help Fort Worth area companies
recruit engineers nationally. A four-year U.S. Department of Labor grant to Workforce
Solutions for Tarrant County underwrites on-the-job training for aerospace, defense,
manufacturing and other companies.

Goal: 385 Jobs
Focus: U.S. veterans, minority and women degreed engineers

Job Links EXCELerator
Job Links EXCELerator helps employers to quickly fill openings and share
education, certification and Human Resources information. The inaugural Job Links
EXCELerator Business of the Year Award 2013 was presented to AT&T.

500-1,200
70-100

Number of jobs presented
at monthly meetings
Business and placement
specialists attend

Distinguished Employers
of Fort Worth Teens
Employers who agree to best practices to help high school-age working teens
succeed in school and graduate. Students get to explore real-world workplace
opportunities – outside the classroom, so they can relate academics to the actual
world of work and the value of higher education.

Photo courtesy Texas ESGR

Workforce Development and Education
A top priority at the Fort Worth Chamber is the brokering of value-added relationships between business and
education to leverage the availability of human resources for business. Both students and employers benefit from
Chamber workforce programs that collaborate with business, education and community partners to shape the
future workforce by nurturing students for college and career readiness.

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Photo courtesy FWISD

GO Centers
Mentors, college and career coaches, advisors and Chamber
volunteers help middle and high school students plan pathways
to careers and college.

23
2
7
4

Number of GO Centers on Fort Worth ISD
middle and high school campuses
Community GO Centers
GO Centers at public libraries
Mobile GO Centers

2,100+
84
351

Number of benefiting teens
Participating employers
Employer locations

Financial Literacy Program
TG-funded training to help teens and their parents plan for college

800+ students 300+ parents
Training modules delivered

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