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Workforce investment act : skilled job fulfillment, meeting local needs and collaborative efforts /

The economy is recovering from the recession, but employers are still having difficulty filling certain jobs. The Department of Labor's (DOL) Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult and Dislocated Worker programs are designed to help jobseekers find employment and to help employers find the skille...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kameron, Antonette (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Publishers, [2014]
Colección:Laws and legislation series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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520 |a The economy is recovering from the recession, but employers are still having difficulty filling certain jobs. The Department of Labor's (DOL) Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult and Dislocated Worker programs are designed to help jobseekers find employment and to help employers find the skilled workers they need. This book addresses how local workforce areas have identified occupations that are in demand and how they have guided participants toward training for them; and what challenges local workforce areas have faced in helping employers fill certain jobs. 
505 0 |a WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT: SKILLED JOB FULFILLMENT, MEETING LOCAL NEEDS AND COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS; WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT: SKILLED JOB FULFILLMENT, MEETING LOCAL NEEDS AND COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT: LOCAL AREAS FACE CHALLENGES HELPING EMPLOYERS FILL SOME TYPES OF SKILLED JOBS; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; WHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS; BACKGROUND. 
505 8 |a Local areas used various sources to identify demand occupations and required participants to complete certain activities before entering traininglocal areas had difficulty helping employers fill certain jobs for a variety of reasons, including the low skills of some participants; conclusion; recommendation; agency comments and our evaluation; appendix i: objectives, scope, and methodology; appendix ii: occupations that employers haddifficulty filling in calendar year 2012. 
505 8 |a Chapter 2: WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT: INNOVATIVE COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN WORKFORCE BOARDS AND EMPLOYERS HELPED MEET LOCAL NEEDSWHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; WHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS; BACKGROUND; SEVERAL KEY FACTORS SUPPORTED INITIAL COLLABORATION AND SUSTAINED IT OVER TIME; WORKFORCE BOARDS OVERCAME SOME CHALLENGES TO ADDRESS DIVERSE EMPLOYER NEEDS AND DEVELOPED THEIR OWN MEASURES TO TRACK EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT; LABOR HAS TAKEN STEPS TO SUPPORT LOCAL COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS AND ADDRESS SOME CHALLENGES BUT HAS NOT MADE INFORMATION ON LEVERAGING RESOURCES READILY AVAILABLE. 
505 8 |a Conclusionrecommendation for executive action; agency comments and our evaluation; appendix i: objectives, scope, and methodology; appendix ii: profiles of selected local workforce boards' initiatives; center of excellence in production agriculture; index. 
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