WHEELING — Pay transparency, career education and just understanding how young workers think all could be the keys to keeping employees in the workplace, local experts suggest.

A panel discussion on “Workforce Ready — Today’s Workforce Climate” took place this week during the annual “Economic Outlook Conference” this week sponsored by the Wheeling Area Chamber of Commerce at the Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack.

Participating in the discussion were Nathan Butts, executive director of Project BEST; Dianna Vargo, president of Wheeling University; Jessi Becker, human resources specialist at Willow Glen Capital; and Alex Weld, executive director of Generation WV.

Panelists addressed the issue of employee retention.

“What I’m seeing today is that retention looks different with younger

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