Longshore to address workforce issues in Tennessee

John Longshore, a senior site selection consultant with Global Location Strategies in Greenville, S.C., will be a featured speaker at the Valley Workforce Institute on Thursday, March 15 in Nashville, Tenn. The annual event, organized by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), helps train local economic development teams on recruitment and retention of talent, and sales and leadership skills in order to close deals within TVA’s service region.

Longshore, who specializes in finding manufacturing sites for capital-, labor- and resource-intensive industries, will explain the site selection process and provide an in-depth look at workforce information that is necessary in order for site selectors to qualify locations and communities.

A frequent speaker at economic development conference, Longshore has conducted site selection studies in the U.S., Mexico and Europe with total announced capital investments of more than $2 billion and over 1,000 new jobs planned.

About Global Location Strategies

Established in 1974, Global Location Strategies (GLS) is one of the world’s most experienced and reputable site selection firms specializing in capital- and resource-intensive facilities. With services that span the globe, GLS has conducted site searches in more than 50 countries for companies with particular concentration in pharmaceuticals, advanced manufacturing, chemical/petrochemicals, metals/polymers/composites, paper, and automotive. The company offers a full suite of site selection services, including location benchmarking, site selection, incentive negotiation, technical site due diligence, and alignment and training. Economic development services include industrial site audits, site competitiveness studies, strategic site identification and industrial asset optimization. GLS is headquartered in Greenville, S.C. For more information, visit www.GlobalLocationStrategies.com.