Companies and organizations across American are competing in an ever-increasing global marketplace where workers must transition from an industrial to a knowledgebased economy. But just as the baby boomers, the most experienced workers with the greatest knowledge and skills, are retiring, the U.S. economy depends upon a strong pool of new entrants to the workforce who will continue the American traditions of innovation, research, and development.
Washington, D.C. (January 5, 2012) - “Corporate Voices for Working Families supports the Obama administration in launching the Summer Jobs Plus initiative, which recognizes that there are a number of ways that employers can provide pathways to success for our nation’s low-income young adults, including Life Skills, Work Skills and Learn and Earn initiatives along with summer jobs,” said Stephen M. Wing, a leading authority on workforce development who represented Corporate Voices at the White House event today.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 15, 2011) – Corporate Voices for Working Families has released four new micro-business cases documenting the considerable benefits gained when employers, community colleges, and community organizations forge close partnerships to support working Americans. Model efforts like these are helping supply employers with the skilled talent they need, while creating promising career opportunities for Americans who urgently need them in a changing and challenging 21st-century economy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 6, 2011)—As business leaders and politicians alike lament the skills gap that has slowed America’s economic recovery, employers who embrace training for their current workers are finding promising results and an impressive return on their investment.
Will Highlight the Economic and Opportunity Imperative of Closing the Education and Skills Gap
Washington, D.C. (October 18, 2011) — U.S. News & World Report together with Innovate + Educate, STEMconnector™, and over 40 key organizations representing industry and education, will hold a major national event to focus policymakers and the public on the critical shortage of STEM skills in the American workforce.