Northern Kentucky is
Ready to Work
Covington, the largest city in Northern Kentucky, is directly across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, OH.
Newport, Northern Kentucky's oldest city, provides an excellent mix of historic amenities and contemporary development.
The iconic "Florence Y'All" water tower welcomes visitors to Northern Kentucky.
The Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport offers exciting career opportunities at 70+ Northern Kentucky employers in and around the airport campus.
Devou Park in Covington offers excellent leisure facilities, including an 18-hole golf course and world-class bike trails.
Northern Kentucky is on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail with multiple distillers, including Boone County Distilling.
Northern Kentucky is known for its commitment for historic preservation, mixing heritage buildings with modern architecture.
The Newport Aquarium is a well-known attraction and an anchor business at Newport on the Levee.
Northern Kentucky mixes the best of urban amenities with a "small-town" feel with broad appeal.
NKY Works is the catalyst that unites industry, education, government, and workforce partners to strengthen the talent-development ecosystem and ensure that Northern Kentucky is ready to work today and in the future.
Our priorities: Talent development and Talent Attraction & Retention
Our goal: Build a robust talent pipeline by ensuring students and emerging workers gain meaningful career awareness, exploration, training, and work-based learning experiences that prepare them for high-demand careers in Northern Kentucky.
Our goal: Strengthen Northern Kentucky’s workforce by attracting, retaining, and reconnecting talent to meet the region’s current and future employer needs while simultaneously building an ecosystem of high-quality/highly responsive employers of choice.
What we do:
Set and advance the regional agenda for ever-changing workforce development priorities
Identify gaps and implement plans to address them
Convene employer SWATTs (Statewide Workforce and Talent Team assessments) for continuous improvement
Support branding of NKY as a community ready to work
Build awareness of high-impact industries and encourage work-based learning for students of all ages
Bring new talent to Northern Kentucky
Champion competitive skill development
Continually seek additional resources to advance workforce initiatives