Workforce Intermediaries: For The 21St Century
Temple University Press, 2003
eISBN: 978-1-4399-0386-5 | Cloth: 978-1-59213-204-1
Library of Congress Classification HD5708.85.U6W67 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification 331.25920973
eISBN: 978-1-4399-0386-5 | Cloth: 978-1-59213-204-1
Library of Congress Classification HD5708.85.U6W67 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification 331.25920973
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Confronted with businesses facing a long-term shortage of skilled workers and evaluations showing that job training for the poor over the past 25 years had produced only meager results, a number of groups throughout the country have sought to find a more effective approach. The efforts of these partnerships, which editor Robert Giloth calls "workforce intermediaries," are characterized by a focus on improving business productivity and helping low-income individuals not just find a job, but advance over time to jobs that enable them to support themselves and their families. This book takes stock of the world of workforce intermediaries: entrepreneurial partnerships that include businesses, unions, community colleges, and community organizations. Noted scholars and policy makers examine the development and effectiveness of these intermediaries, and a concluding chapter discusses where we need to go from here, if society is to provide a more coherent approach to increasing the viability and capacity of these important institutions.Published in association with The American Assembly, Columbia University.
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