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Bergson-Shilcock, Amanda – National Skills Coalition, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has spotlighted and accelerated two trends that were already occurring in the American workplace: First, the demand for new skills and competencies, including digital skills, from workers at every level. Second, the growing importance of investing in upskilling strategies that can help two groups of workers: Those who are…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Job Skills, Skill Development, On the Job Training
Monear, Daryl – Washington Student Achievement Council, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020 triggered a recession and deep changes in Washington's labor market. Widespread temporary business closures, followed by a slow-paced phased reopening, have caused soaring unemployment rates. Workers are looking to improve their employability in a rapidly shifting economic landscape by reskilling into…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Job Training, Labor Market, Career Development
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Gibbons, Jim; Templin, Robert, Jr. – Community College Journal, 2011
Many have heard calls from national policy experts, the Obama administration, and influential foundations such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Lumina Foundation for Education to increase the number of Americans with postsecondary credentials earned at community colleges by 5 million within 10 years. If community colleges choose to…
Descriptors: Expertise, Credentials, Dislocated Workers, Community Colleges
Francis, Caroline M. – National Poverty Center, 2013
This bibliography summarizes recent research on the structure and effectiveness of workforce development programs. While the term "workforce development" can mean many things, this document focuses on programs to help low-skill, low-wage and displaced workers increase their employment and earnings, as well as labor market trends that…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Labor Force Development, Low Income Groups, Labor Market
Fleming, Jacqueline I; Milone, Linda M. – Florida Vocational Journal, 1980
Describes programs responding to the challenge of the growing number of women returning to the work force. Discusses specific programs in several Florida counties. Vocational educators must be prepared to meet the needs of women who will spend an average of 34 years in the work force. (JOW)
Descriptors: Displaced Homemakers, Employed Women, Labor Force, Labor Market
Tooredman, Kathryn J. – 1987
This paper provides a broad overview of the teacher shortage situation and concludes that shortages may occur during the next 10 years, depending upon the factors of supply and demand. Demand, it appears, will increase until an additional 200,000 teachers will be needed by 1990. The supply of teachers may increase enough to met this demand, but…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Trends, Labor Market
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Lebel, Udi; Dahan-Caleb, Henriette – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2004
This article discusses a phenomenon that gained prominence in the 1990s, namely the entry of retired senior Israeli army officers as managers into the educational system. This development will be analyzed through an exposure of the socio-educational mechanisms contributing to this process and an examination of the motivations underlying it. These…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Political Socialization, Social Change, Foreign Countries
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White, Frances L. – Community College Journal, 2003
Getting people back to work has become a national concern. The nation's economy lost jobs as of July 2003 for six months in a row, dealing another blow to a slow reviving labor market. According to the Labor Department, 486,000 jobs disappeared from the economy. And, the Employment Development Department in California reported a decline of 21,800…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Economics, Job Layoff, Dislocated Workers
Fox, Marcia R. – 1979
Career planning and job hunting for graduate students are discussed in this book. In Chapter One important career planning activities during graduate study are discussed including: academic advisement, assessment of career goals, and obtaining practical experience. Steps for conducting an effective job search are detailed in Chapter Two. The…
Descriptors: Books, Career Change, Career Development, Career Planning
Henry, Ann; Teschendorf, JoAnn – 1984
The Older Worker Project was conducted to provide employment services to unemployed persons aged 45 and older who live in the western part of the Hennepin County (Minneapolis, Minnesota) area. Although the expected result was permanent employment of the participants, the intention of this demonstration project was to refine service approaches…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Attitude Change, Career Change, Career Counseling
Owensboro Public Schools, KY. – 1987
The Owensboro, Kentucky, Displaced Homemaker Program helps single parents/displaced homemakers in the Green River Area Development District to gain control of their lives by developing skills necessary to secure a job and become independent and self-sufficient. In fiscal year 1986-87, 240 persons applied for the program, which provides an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Planning