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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 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.

Center for Education and Workforce
March 21, 2019
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.
Liddy Romero, Managing Director and Founding Member, WorkLab Innovations
Education
Postsecondary Education
Workforce Training

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. 

Fellowship Program, Cohort #3, May 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. 

The Evolution of the Controversial Skills Gap

Center for Education and Workforce
March 14, 2019
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.
Cheryl Oldham
Data
Education
Postsecondary Education
Talent Pipeline Management
Workforce Training

The Unique Position of a Chamber: Making National Initiatives Locally Relevant

Center for Education and Workforce
February 21, 2019
Arizona State University, Tempe
© 2019 Getty Images
Keeping up with the pace of change in today’s economy is getting harder and harder to do. So instead of trying desperately to keep up, we’re helping change the face of the landscape in which we work entirely. We are partnering with the Chamber Foundation to build demand-driven talent supply chains and design the future of real-time labor market data.
Todd Sanders, President and CEO, Greater Phoenix Chamber
Talent Pipeline Management
Data
Education
Workforce Training

Job Data Exchange (JDX) Pilot Launches to Modernize Labor Market Data

Center for Education and Workforce
February 18, 2019
Job Data Exchange Pilot Partners Announced

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation today announced the next steps in developing the Job Data Exchange (JDX), a set of open data tools and resources that will improve the speed and clarity of employer signaling to education, training, and credentialing partners, which in turn will help learners and workers better understand what jobs are available and what skills are required to fill them. Central to the pilot will be the development and field testing of an expanded data standard, or schema, for job descriptions and postings.

Data
Innovation
Workforce Training

T3 Network Phase 2 Kickoff Webinar

With the support from Lumina Foundation and Walmart, we are launching Phase 2 by implementing a series of projects over two years that will modernize the talent marketplace and align learner, education, and workforce data to create seamless transitions from education to career pathways for all learners.  

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