E75: Raising the Bar 2025: How Maryland's Workforce System Responds, Adapts, and Leads

In this episode, we're joined by Kirkland Murray, President & CEO of the Maryland Workforce Association and Executive Director of the Anne Arundel Workforce Development Board, for a wide-ranging conversation recorded live at the 2025 Raising the Bar Conference. Kirkland reflects on a year marked by rapid change—federal layoffs, AI disruption, shifting economic conditions—and highlights how Maryland's workforce system continues to respond with resilience, collaboration, and innovation. He discusses the vital role workforce professionals play as the "superheroes" of their communities, the importance of self-care in a demanding field, and the expanding partnerships between workforce boards, schools, and businesses to build future talent pipelines.

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E75: Raising the Bar 2025: How Maryland's Workforce System Responds, Adapts, and Leads is an episode from Searching in San Diego by San Diego Metro Career Centers.

This episode is 17:10 long.

This episode was published on Dec 9, 2025.

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