{"id":891396,"date":"2026-10-23T01:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T01:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/891396\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T01:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T01:06:09","slug":"cbia-bizcast-breaking-down-connecticuts-job-market-cbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/891396\/","title":{"rendered":"CBIA BizCast: Breaking Down Connecticut\u2019s Job Market \u00bb CBIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Connecticut added <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbia.com\/news\/economy\/job-openings-jump-september\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cbia.com\/news\/economy\/job-openings-jump-september\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1,400 jobs in September<\/a>, but a surge in job openings and a labor force still well below year-ago levels underscore employers\u2019 ongoing hiring challenges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On this episode of the CBIA BizCast, host Amanda Marlow sits down with CBIA Foundation director Dustin Nord to break down the newly released employment report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nord shares his insights into manufacturing\u2019s growth, Connecticut\u2019s labor-force shortages, workforce development, and the economic risks businesses should watch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also in this episode, we share highlights from the foundation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbia.com\/news\/featured\/tour-showcases-connecticut-manufacturing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 Manufacturing Tour<\/a>, which celebrated the importance of the industry to Connecticut\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the week-long tour business leaders and public officials hit the road in a fully-branded and wrapped bus to visit 15 manufacturers and five workforce development organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Episode Highlights<\/p>\n<p>Payroll increases<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing growth<\/p>\n<p>Professional and business services losses<\/p>\n<p>Labor force concerns<\/p>\n<p>Workforce development and career pipelines<\/p>\n<p>Connecticut economic outlook<\/p>\n<p>Headlines You May Have Missed<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CBIA BizCast is made possible through the generous support of Google. Subscribe to the BizCast wherever you get your podcasts. Please rate the podcast and leave us a review\u2014we appreciate your support! And be sure to\u202f<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbia.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#7c1e15061f1d0f083c1f1e151d521f1311\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">give us your feedback<\/a>\u202fand share guests\u202fyou\u2019d\u202flike to hear.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Connecticut added 1,400 jobs in September, but a surge in job openings and a labor force still well&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":891397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[373639,28,16720,16721,5476,112],"class_list":["post-891396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-markets","tag-bizcast","tag-business","tag-connecticut-economy","tag-jobs-report","tag-manufacturing","tag-markets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=891396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/891397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=891396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=891396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=891396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}