Early childhood literacy and AI resilience are key challenges to overcome for Georgia’s workforce, according to experts at the Georgia Chamber Foundations Regional Roundtable held Oct. 20 at the Georgia Southern University campus in Statesboro. Georgia Chamber president and CEO Chris Clark shared a regional workforce overview as experts from across the region’s education space talked about the significance of early childhood literacy in developing a stronger workforce. Clark also named AI resilience as a key need when confronting the future of Georgia’s job market and labor force, especially as AI potentially threatens entry level jobs. “If you don’t have that entry-level job, how are you supposed to get ready for the next level?” Clark said during his presentation. “Just like if you don’t understand literacy by third grade, how are you going to be ready for fourth or fifth or anything else?” Georgia has had seven record years of economic growth, and Clark said that the state’s coastal region is driving that growth – something that couldn’t be said 10 years ago. He chalked that growth up to regional collaboration and coordination, attracting major economic transformers such as the Hyundai Motorgroup’s Metaplant America and its suppliers. “It wasn’t just a Bryan County project,” Clark said. “It’s a regional project of significance. But the leadership in the area came together to work with them … the university, the technical colleges, everybody. I mean, this region was…
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