Workforce Intermediaries : For the 21St Century
Robert Giloth
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.
Year:
2003
Edition:
1
Publisher:
Temple University Press
Language:
english
Pages:
433
ISBN 10:
1439903867
ISBN 13:
9781439903865
File:
PDF, 1.82 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 2003