Hanover County, as part of the Richmond-Petersburg metro area, draws a workforce from more than 40 localities statewide. The region’s diverse economic base and sheer number of companies and educational institutions creates a growing supply of employees with solid work ethics and valuable skills.

According to information provided by the Greater Richmond Partnership, the young people graduating from area high school, college, and other training institutions are the largest continuing source of labor for the long term. In the Richmond MSA there are more than 13,000 high school graduates each year and the area’s institutions of higher education confer more than 9,000 post-secondary degrees each year.

Additionally, the current economic challenges have created an unprecedented opportunity for new and expanding companies to have access to a very strong labor pool of highly skilled technical workers and white collar workers.  The current unemployment rate, which is still below the national average, includes employees from highly specialized companies such as Quimonda, Land America, Circuit City and more.

The citizens of Hanover County possess great pride and compassion for their county and their work opportunities. They work hard for the good of each individual and the common good of all. Their belief and understanding of the free enterprise system where profit is still a good word is visible in the number of small and large businesses that thrive in Hanover County.  Profit has been the focus of Hanover businesses from our humble beginnings.

The family work values passed down from generation to generation has contributed to a great work ethic and teamwork spirit. Competition is the driving force that produces quality products and services with high productivity in our business community. The educational opportunities and programs in Hanover County have been tailored to meet the growing skill sets of our businesses. The parents of our children and business advisory committees participate in the planning and performance of our educational programs that will continue to provide our future workforce that is highly educated with the applicable work skills needed to be productive.

The people of Hanover County have a compassion and desire to work and achieve company quality and productivity goals. Innovation, continuous improvement and teamwork are the norm within our business community.