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May 2025

A note from our Talent Initiatives Director

As education faces funding cuts at the state and federal level, we are challenged to come together, discuss, and ideate now more than ever. While San Diego emerges from the shock and chaos that this year’s headlines have already caused, EDC invites you pause to think about the opportunity ahead of us.

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by the numbers

264

COMPANIES SURVEYED FOR 2025 TALENT DEMAND REPORTS

 

63%

RESPONDENTS HAVE MANUFACTURING OPs

26%

RESPONDENTS REPRESENT ICT INDUSTRY

19%

REPORT A 6-MONTH DELAY TO FILL ENTRY-LEVEL SOFTWARE DEVELOPER ROLES

jOIN US jUNE 5: MetroConnect PitchFest

Join 200+ international business professionals and cast your vote after hearing pitches from our top four MetroConnect companies competing for a $25,000 grand prize. Together we’ll celebrate their trade success and the culmination of MetroConnect VII, World Trade Center San Diego (WTCSD)‘s latest export accelerator cohort.

Join us June 5

San Diego employers share 2025 talent needs across critical roles

As EDC’s Advancing San Diego begins accepting Verified Programs applications, we partnered with BW Research to conduct a talent demand survey of 264 businesses to better understand San Diego’s business, computing, and engineering sector and the growing workforce needs and challenges.

Learn more and apply

Inclusive Growth Spotlight: SBCS

In an effort to celebrate and inspire the efforts of regional employers, EDC is publishing a series of spotlights on exemplary Inclusive Growth. This month, we feature SBCS and its efforts to support San Diego’s talent pipeline while reaching more than 50,000 residents.

Join the movement

Investor Spotlight: San Diego Seals

We sat down with EDC investor and National Lacrosse League team, the San Diego Seals, to learn more about the team, its tourism industry impact, and why it invests in EDC.

Meet the Seals

 

Upcoming Events

Q2 Inclusive Growth Roundtable: Talent

May 21, 2025

MetroConnect VII Grand Prize PitchFest 2025

Jun 5, 2025

ASD Verified Program Application Workshop

Jun 17, 2025

With and through our nearly 200 investors, we are creating a more inclusive San Diego.

April renewals and new members: