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Workforce Training

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation publishes content on workforce training and related issues. Find and access current and archived items in our database. 

TPM NLN 2019 Summit

Growth of the Talent Pipeline Management (TPM) initiative has continued thanks to a national network of TPM leaders and champions who act as Peer Advisors to those businesses and states new to the process. This group is now more than 200 professionals and is called the National Learning Network (NLN). Each year we gather these experts to network with their peers, discuss the initiative, the evolution of the TPM Academy, as well as opportunities for the future of TPM.

Talent Forward 2019

At Talent Forward 2019, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation's national workforce conference, we will explore how we define leadership at the intersection of work, education, and tech. How can we create the right environment to support the development of new partnerships and encourage change that is disruptive without being destructive? And once we're there, what does success look like? Join us with experts from across industries to discuss these questions and more.

U.S. Chamber Foundation Launches Upskill Academy to Improve Career Advancement

Economic Growth
Postsecondary Education
Talent Pipeline Management
Workforce Training
April 22, 2019
Center for Education and Workforce
TPM Upskill Academy Launches in Phoenix, AZ
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation today announced the launch of the first Talent Pipeline Management™ (TPM) Upskill Academy, an expansion of the TPM Academy™. The TPM Upskill Academy, developed with grant support from Walmart as part of its Retail Opportunity Initiative, will build on existing TPM resources to support employers in improving the skills of incumbent employees and preparing them for success in new and changing roles.

Optimizing Talent Supply Chains: Stop the Leakage

Jim Smith, CEO, Kinetic Potential Scholars
Education
Workforce Training
April 23, 2019
Center for Education and Workforce
Talent Supply Chains, Stop the Leakage
© 2019 Getty Images
Increasingly human resource professionals are applying supply chain theory to the growing misalignment of talent available to meet 21st century workforce needs. There are a number of drivers at the root cause of this trend, one notable driver being the technological evolution that has dramatically changed the skillset required for workforce demand.

Employers Need a Scalable Model for Upskilling In-House Talent

Jaimie Francis
Education
Talent Pipeline Management
Workforce Training
April 11, 2019
Center for Education and Workforce
TPM Upskill Academy Featured Image
© 2019 Getty Images
Whether new and changing roles are due to modernizing technologies, transformations in how work is organized and carried out within a company, or retraining workers to transition into new jobs because their current jobs are being eliminated, employers must demonstrate leadership in identifying these transitional moments as an opportunity to establish an upskilling strategy to build on existing investments and skill sets. 

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.

TPM Upskill Academy

In April of 2019, the inaugural TPM Upskill Academy will launch in Arizona. The traditional TPM Academy curriculum has been revised for this new phase of TPM training, that will apply the provem TPM approach to improve career pathways and upskilling opportunities for an incumbent workforce. This first training is open to no more than 30 individuals in the state of Arizona.

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.

Fellowship Program, Cohort #3, September 2019

The Fellowship Program consists of two separate, three-day intensive workshops that focus on the history, policy, and programming on topics spanning the education pipeline including early education, K-12, college and career readiness, postsecondary education, and workforce development. The workshops are taught by expert faculty as well as staff from state and local chambers who have put policy into practice to bring change and opportunity to their communities. 

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