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Workforce Solutions Week: 2010 Planning Guide

This Planning Guide is designed to help partners involved in any of JFF's four affiliated career advancement initiatives stage events to celebrate Workforce Solutions Week (March 8-14, 2010). These intiatives include: Breaking Through, Connecting Literacy and Work, Jobs to Careers, and the National Fund for Workforce Solutions.

An Overview of Workforce Solutions Week

The economy is changing rapidly as traditional jobs disappear and knowledge-based jobs, such as health care and precision tooling, populate the employment landscape. That is leaving nearly 80 million Americans without the skills required to succeed. And the recession puts this skills gap in stark relief—we have failed to prepare people for the jobs that will exist when the economy recovers and, as a result, many employers will struggle.

Based on the success of the four JFF-affiliated projects—Breaking Through, Connecting Literacy and Work, Jobs to Careers, and the National Fund for Workforce Solutions—now is an opportune time to raise awareness of their models and their strategies for helping employers and employees succeed in today’s economy.

Between Monday, March 8 and Sunday, March 14, each participating organization will undertake at least one quality event. These activities can be selected from a menu of options—including media-centered activities and community-based events.

Program staff for each initiative will assist local organizations that participate in the week. JFF will collaborate with and assist partners and organizations in developing, executing, and publicizing local events. JFF will also promote the week of activities to national media, collaborating with the partners and participating organizations.