workforce development

Friday December 9, 2011

Colleges Want More Real-time Labor Info

by John Dorrer
Since our recent announcement of the Credentials that Work (CTW) project along with the release of our report, Aligning Community Colleges to Their Local Labor Market: The Emerging Role of Online Job Ads for Providing Real Time Intelligence about Occupations and Skills in Demand, we have received a large volume of inquiries from community colleges...

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Wednesday October 26, 2011

How Companies Can Get the Employees They Need

by Maria Flynn
In Monday’s Wall Street Journal, Peter Cappelli makes some compelling points in his article entitled “Why Companies Aren’t Getting the Employees They Need.” His take on the long running debate on whether there is in fact a skill shortage in the United States today is that employers are expecting too much. In essence, he describes employers’ desire...

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