WY Wyoming?
Strengthening the Workforce and Keeping Young Talent in Wyoming
WY Wyoming is a business-led commitment to strengthen Wyoming’s workforce and keep the next generation of talent here. Not by chance, but by creating opportunity, alignment, and a future worth staying for.
The Issue
Wyoming is losing young adults, and with them, future opportunity.
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Workforce shortages, limited career pathways, housing constraints, and perception challenges are contributing to the outmigration of young talent.
WY It Matters
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A shrinking workforce limits business growth and expansion
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Employers struggle to recruit and retain talent
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Communities lose future leaders and innovators
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Economic diversification becomes harder to achieve
Wyoming cannot grow if its next generation leaves.
The Wyoming Chamber's Position
Through WY Wyoming, the Wyoming Chamber supports strategies that attract, retain, and develop a strong, skilled workforce, especially young professionals.
Guiding Principles
Opportunity
Clear career pathways and upward mobility.
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Education Alignment
Training that matches employer needs.
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Livability
Communities where people can live, work, and stay.
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Connection
Stronger links between employers, students, and communities.
What We Support
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Workforce development aligned with industry demand
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Career and technical education pathways
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Policies that improve housing availability and affordability
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Programs that encourage young professionals to stay and return
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People are Wyoming’s most valuable resource.
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Keeping talent here is essential to long-term economic strength. The Wyoming Chamber urges policymakers to support workforce strategies that keep Wyoming working.