Welcome to the WIB

Connecting businesses with a skilled workforce to create economic vitality for Southwest Missouri...that's the mission of the Workforce Investment Board, or WIB, for short. We're a progressive workforce intermediarythat oversees employment and training programs across the region while leveraging resources to improve Southwest Missouri's portfolio of human capital.

Skill Development Strategy

Improve the basic/thinking, technical, and soft skills of job candidates and incumbent workers (both youth and adult) to ensure a high quality workforce, reduce turnover, increase productivity, increase job satisfaction, promote upward mobility, and increase business customer satisfaction.

Business Development Strategy

Increase market penetration in high-growth, high-demand industry clusters with outreach to key businesses.

Global Workforce Relations

Convene stakeholders for an environmental scan of business needs and issues pertaining to international and limited English-speaking workers in Southwest Missouri.

Organizational Development

Position the Southwest Missouri Workforce Investment Board with well-informed and action-oriented leadership that leverages public/private resources for effective, results-driven workforce and economic development initiatives.