Publications

Access to Markets: How Businesses Acquire Customers
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Provided by: The US Chamber

America's small businesses, particularly those owned by women and minorities, are getting substantial customer development assistance from trade associations and local and state chambers of commerce, according to an Access to Markets: How Business Owners Acquire Customers Survey, released by Access America, the U.S. Chamber's women and minority outreach initiative. Survey findings also indicate that identifying contracting opportunities and understanding the contracting process itself are areas that many minority and women business owners still find challenging. Learn More.

Finders Keepers: Business Taking Action to Secure Skilled Workers
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Provided by: The US Chamber
Did you know that approximately 75% of today's workforce needs training just to keep their current jobs?  Worker shortages combined with a growing skills gap have become a major concern for chambers of commerce, associations, and their business members around the country.

This document shares the successes of five chambers of commerce (four local and one state) that were supported by the US Chamber's CWP Workforce Innovation Networks initiative to develop innovative pilot programs in workforce development. Learn More.