RETAINING & CREATING JOBS (through business development)
Of critical importance to any community is the availability of jobs for its residents. Central to strengthening community resilience and to most strategies of community economic development (CED) is therefore maintaining or creating local employment opportunities. Under this topic we present many ways in which to increase the number and variety of jobs by fostering new businesses and the expansion of old ones.
The tools and techniques fall under three sub-headings: retaining existing jobs, business or entrepreneur support services, and venture formation. Of course, the financing of business is crucial, but tools for that are presented under the topic Addressing Financial Gaps. The subject of microenterprise, the very small business by which a person creates his/her own job, is dealt with under the topic Building Human Resources.
From this page you can download 17 tools and techniques for Retaining & Creating Jobs. Case studies pertinent to the practical application of many entries are also available from the CED Digital Bookshop.
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Introduction: Retaining & Creating Jobs (through business development)
Retaining Jobs (Preventing Job Losses)
Business
Visitation/Mentoring
Early
Warning System (for potential re-locations, down-sizings, closures)
Succession
Planning
Worker
Buy-Out
Business or Entrepreneur Support Services
Business
Incubator
Feasibility
Studies Support
Business
Planning Aid
Entrepreneur
Network Facilitation
Venture Formation
Community-Owned
Venture Development
Co-operative
Employee Partnership Program
Joint
Ventures
New
Generation Co-operatives
Nonprofit
Enterprise Development
Recruiting
Outside Firms/Entrepreneurs
Women
Entrepreneurship
Worker
Ownership (for new ventures)
Youth
Entrepreneurship
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