When it comes to labor, Cartersville and Bartow County offer both quantity and quality. . . an enviable position to be sure. A robust local workforce is available to help businesses grow in a wide variety of manufacturing, professional and service industries. These workers are dedicated to quality, finding satisfaction within their jobs, and adopting a loyal, pro-company point of view. In addition, local committees such as the Human Resource Council or Plant Manager Council keep area businesses in touch with the local labor climate. . . a strategic edge in today’s business world.
LOCAL WORKFORCE

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

LABOR RELATIONS

 LOW COSTS

LABOR SUPPORT

SUCCESSFUL INDUSTRIAL BASE

GEORGIA'S WORK READY INITIATIVE


LOCAL WORKFORCE

  • Over 40,000 local workers
  • 62.1% of the workforce lives and works within Bartow county 
  • Employees will drive 30 to 45 minutes to work here
  • Area unemployment generally fluctuates between 4% and 6%
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES (GDOL not seasonally adjusted)

Bartow County labor force (based on place of residence and persons 16 years and older) is 45,060 as of July 2010. 4,999 of those are actively seeking employment currently.  The Bartow area labor draw area (Bartow and contiguous counties:  Cobb, Cherokee, Floyd, Gordon, Paulding) consists of 660,215 workers.

July 2010

Jun 2010

Jul 2009

 

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployed

Unemp. Rate

 Unemp. Rate

Unemp. Rate

Bartow County

45,060

40,061

4,999

11.1%

 11.2%

11.9%

NWGA Region

401,771

359,076

42,695

10.6%

10.5%

11.1%

Atlanta MSA

2,658,479

2,387,361

271,118

10.2%

 10.3%

10.2%

Georgia

4,698,669

4,218,183

480,486

10.2%

 10.3%

10.2%

US

155,270,000

140,134,000

15,137,000

 9.7%

  9.6%

  9.7%

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

QUICK START PROGRAM

Quick Start is an internationally recognized program that provides customized, job-specific training for your business. This is a state-funded economic development incentive for companies to locate or expand in Georgia . . . and best of all it’s free of charge. Local business and industry has benefited from Quick Start programs developed and coordinated right here through the Technical College System of Georgia.

www.georgiaquickstart.org

RECENT QUICK START CLIENTS IN BARTOW COUNTY

  • Zep/Enforcer Products
  • Gerdau Ameristeel
  • Toyo Tire NA

LABOR RELATIONS

  • Contented employees with pro-Company attitudes
  • Only 1 locally-organized labor union:

– Teamsters (IBT) with 70% participation

  • No successful local union organizations in the last 10 years
  • Percentage of unionized manufacturing firms – 0.7%
  • Percentage of manufacturing employees who are union members – 4.6%

LOW COSTS

  • Labor costs below the state and national averages

LABOR SUPPORT

The Human Resource Council

  • Supports business and industry with a local forum for human resource and legal issues.
  • Approximately 40 members comprised of local plant managers and human resource directors.
  • Offers educational seminars.

SUCCESSFUL INDUSTRIAL BASE

14 LARGEST PUBLIC & PRIVATE EMPLOYERS*
SHAW INDUSTRIES Floor Coverings
2562
BARTOW COUNTY SCHOOLS Education
1618
BARTOW COUNTY Government 883**
CARTERSVILLE MEDICAL CENTER Healthcare 750
ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV Beer
706*
CARTERSVILLE SCHOOLS Education
503
TOYO TIRE NA Tires

500
GEORGIA POWER/PLANT BOWEN Electricity
396
WAL-MART Retail Sales 390

GERDAU AMERISTEEL

 Steel Products
380
CITY OF CARTERSVILLE Government
275
ZEP Insecticides

200
T.I. GROUP AUTOMOTIVE Tubing

175
AMERICO MANUFACTURING Non-woven Textiles
165

  * 535 Full Time Employees - 171 Part Time Employees 

** 715 Full Time Employees - 168 Part Time Employees

 

GEORGIA'S WORK READY INITIATIVE

For more information regarding the Georgia Work Ready Initiative from the Governor's Office of Workforce Development (Link)

Work Keys Information (Link)

 
* Sources Georgia Department of Labor, Cartersville-Bartow County Chamber of Commerce

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LINKS

Georgia Department of Labor
www.dol.state.ga.us

Georgia QuickStart
www.georgiaquickstart.org