Making the Connections: The Role of Employer Associations in Workforce Development

Making the Connections is designed to help employer associations serve their members in workforce development needs. This guidebook focuses on workforce development for entry-level positions. It describes four types of activities employer organizations can undertake: organizing and supporting employers, serving current and potential workers, improving education and training services, and upgrading workforce-development systems Making the Connections was produced by the Center for Workforce Success of the National Association of Manufacturers for Workforce Innovation Networks (WINs).