Connecting people to work
Subtitle: workforce intermediaries and sector strategies
By: edited by Maureen Conway and Robert P. Giloth
Publisher: Aspen Institute
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 461
ISBN-13: 9781499297638
Subjects: Occupational training; Employees; Training of; Community development
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The labor market context for employment and training policy / Paul Osterman; title: A brief history of sectoral strategies / Maureen Conway; title: Industry partnerships : theory and practice / Fred Dedrick; title: Philanthropic innovations for workforce impact : the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, 2003-2013 / Barbara Dyer, Robert P. Giloth, Richard Kazis, and Marlene Seltzer; title: The Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership : the evolution of an intermediary, the shifting target of twenty-first century manufacturing, and the continuing relevance of unions in labor markets / Earl Buford and Laura Dresser; title: A brief history of SkillWorks : partners for a productive workforce / Loh-Sze Leung; title: Health Careers Collaborative of Greater Cincinnati : partners for a competitive workforce and health care sector / Marianne Krismer; title: Emerald Cities Collaborative : case study of a high-road sector initiative / Denise G. Fairchild; title: Restaurant Opportunities Centers United : servicing the service sector / Saru Jayaraman; title: Sectoral Workforce and related strategies : what we know ... and what we need to know / Christopher King; title: Journeys and destinations : the National Fund for Workforce Solutions evaluation / Mark Popovich; title: Building Capacity to prepare America's workers for twenty-first century jobs / Sheila Maguire and Patricia Jenny; title: Reforming the supply side of sector strategies : innovations in community colleges / Evelyn Ganzglass, Marcie Foster, and Abigail Newcomer; title: Workforce intermediaries and the apprenticeship system : lessons and implications from the construction industry / Matt Helmer and Maureen Conway; title: Will workforce policy finally catch up to sector practice? / Andy Van Kleunen; title: Workforce intermediaries in a slack labor market : who pays and for what? / Orson Watson; title: Knowing together, growing together : epistemic communities and equitable growth / Chris Benner and Manual Pastor; title: Conclusion / Maureen Conway and Robert P. Giloth.