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Talent is one of our country’s most important assets—yet our current methods for discovering and cultivating talent are outdated—built for another time and a different economy. For America to grow and prosper, we need new systems fit for our modern economy.
Rating States’ Work on Post-College Outcomes
With the release of Strada Education Foundation's State Opportunity Index, U.S. Chamber Foundation Vice President Jaimie Francis weighs in on the need for highly developed systems for career coaching, work-based learning, and alignment with employer interests.
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Solving challenges around learning and employment records with SkillsFWD
More than 70 million adults in the United States are skilled through community college, workforce training, bootcamps, certificate programs, military service or on-the-job learning, rather than through a bachelor’s degree. Learning and employment records (LERs) could play a critical role in advancing skills-based hiring practices and ensuring they are implemented equitably.
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Scaling Up Skills-Based Employment Practices for American Businesses
Business Roundtable, SHRM, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are joining together to scale up skills-based employment practices for American businesses.
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The challenge of our time is creating a workforce system that develops the talent needed for the jobs of today and tomorrow. At the U.S. Chamber Foundation, we address this challenge through our commitment to promoting innovative workforce development solutions. We achieve this by building employer-led, agile workforce development systems and programs.
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Though not widely known outside of the education community, the Department of Education recently released information about a new pilot for institutions willing to reimagine their Federal Work Study (FWS) programs. Given the pilot’s emphasis on increased industry engagement in FWS, it is imperative that the business community be informed about the pilot and reach out to their education partners to leverage this pioneering opportunity to benefit our nation’s students. Chances like this are few and far between…and will become completely obsolete if limited interest prevails innovative thinking.
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.
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?
The state of Wisconsin and Wisconsin business community join a growing number of states and local communities who have made a commitment to tackle military spouse employment issues at the local level.
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 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.
Second Lady of the United States Karen Pence joined Homeland Security Acting Secretary Kevin K. McAleenan to announce a new partnership between the Coast Guard and LinkedIn. The agreement provides a free one-year premium LinkedIn membership to Coast Guard spouses after a PCS.
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.
Schlumberger Joins Hiring Our Heroes to Connect Veteran and Military Talent with Careers & Apprenticeship Opportunities in Oil and Gas