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How a Community College Maximizes Industry Relevance

Christi Godman, Gateway Community & Technical College
Education
Postsecondary Education
Talent Pipeline Management
Workforce Training
June 12, 2019
Center for Education and Workforce
Gateway Community College, Enhanced Operator Program
© Gateway Community and Technical College
In Talent Pipeline Management (TPM), Continuous Improvement is the last of the six-strategy framework. However, as the strategy’s title indicates, TPM is never truly complete. Gateway Community and Technical College’s enhanced operator (EO) program is the story of a traditional manufacturing program that was transformed and modernized to meet people where they are. Today, we’re focusing on the work we’ve put into our continuous improvement to make sure that success continues to grow.

An Initiative to Modernize Job Hiring May Benefit Military Job Seekers

Military Spouses
Veterans
Workforce Training
June 7, 2019
Hiring Our Heroes
Modernizing Job Hiring with JDX
Employers are in a fight for qualified talent. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of job openings rose to 7.5 million in March. The number of hires was 5.7 million. That leaves 1.8 million unfilled positions every month in the United States. Why?

Strong Community Bonds Help to Enrich and Empower Military Spouses

Community Improvement
Economic Empowerment
Economic Growth
Military Spouses
May 23, 2019
Hiring Our Heroes
MSES 2019
The Hiring Our Heroes Military Spouse Impact Awards recognize and celebrate the many accomplishments of businesses, community leaders, and military spouses as they create strong communities that support and provide economic opportunities for military spouses. The Impact Award categories include the Military Spouse Volunteer Award, Military Spouse Entrepreneur Award, Community Leader Award, and the Military Spouse Impact Award.

The New Normal: The Fourth Industrial Revolution’s Demand for Perpetual Learning

Tae Yoo
Economic Growth
Education
K-12 Education
Postsecondary Education
Talent Pipeline Management
Workforce Training
May 22, 2019
Center for Education and Workforce
The New Normal
© Cisco
The world is changing. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is here, and it is having an impact on everything, including the future of work. A significant evolution of the labour market is forecast over the next 10 years, and we do not fully know all the jobs of the future. Given the hyper transformation of technology, business models, and work, it is important to understand and anticipate what this means for youth, society, businesses, and government, so that everyone has an opportunity to participate in the digital economy.

At the Top of Their Game: Messi, Gates, Wooten share talent, opportunity, and environment to thrive

Scott Heimlich, Vice President, Amgen Foundation
Education
K-12 Education
Postsecondary Education
May 9, 2019
Center for Education and Workforce
Dr. Wendy Wooten engages her students in the labs of the Amgen Biotech Experience at Reseda High Charter School in Los Angeles
© Amgen. Photo by Evelyn Perez.
Given we all do play a role in shaping the culture of our organizations, teams and communities with every minute and every interaction – whether we intend to or not – how should we go about creating a culture that doesn’t just lead to innovative leaders, but that leads to growth and meaning and ownership in our young people in particular?

Joining Forces to Mobilize Business on Early Childhood Education

Julia Barfield, MPH, MSW
Early Childhood Education
Education
K-12 Education
Women
April 25, 2019
Center for Education and Workforce
Early Childhood Education as a Workforce Issue, TwitterChat Recap
On Wednesday, April 17, the U.S. Chamber Foundation co-hosted a Twitter chat with Save the Children Action Network (SCAN) to engage a broad audience in a conversation about early childhood education as a critical workforce issue. The goal of the chat was to engage individuals, advocates, and employers across the country in a focused discussion where we could all collectively share the data, stories, and research behind this two-generation challenge. We were thrilled with the turnout.

Defining the Learner Revolution

Kathleen deLaski, Founder & President, Education Design Lab
Education
Postsecondary Education
Workforce Training
April 4, 2019
Center for Education and Workforce
The Learner Revolution, Education Design Lab
© Education Design Lab
The “Learner Revolution” represents an exhilarating, yet daunting deconstruction of the degree as we know it: a world where a learner will not be tethered to one institution for their degree, where in fact, earning a whole degree will be only one option on a success-focused learner’s menu.

Are workers ready for skills training? The problem with seeking growth before stability.

Liddy Romero, Managing Director and Founding Member, WorkLab Innovations
Education
Postsecondary Education
Workforce Training
March 21, 2019
Center for Education and Workforce
WorkLab, Supporting Students Journeys
© WorkLab Innovations
The triple bottom line promise of workforce development is clear—good for the worker, good for the employer, good for the community—but to meet that potential, it’s essential to invest in stabilizing the workers we need to upskill, giving them the foundation they need to persist and succeed.

The Evolution of the Controversial Skills Gap

Cheryl Oldham
Data
Education
Postsecondary Education
Talent Pipeline Management
Workforce Training
March 14, 2019
Center for Education and Workforce
The Controversy of the Skills Gap
© 2019 Getty Images
In both prosperous and challenging times, there is an ongoing gap that stands in the way of opportunity for many. Maybe we need to stop calling it the skills gap, or we need to collectively redefine what the gap is. No matter what we call it, we can all agree that the time for solving it is now.

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