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US – Obama to sign bill improving worker training
On Tuesday, President Obama and Vice President Biden will announce new executive actions on job training at the signing of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Congress and the President have finally found some common ground: Obama will sign the first significant legislative job training reform effort in nearly a decade on Tuesday. The Workforce … Continue reading
Job Training Programs – Better with skill development and motivation enhancement
Mo Wang and colleagues Songqi Liu of The Pennsylvania State University and Jason L. Huang of Wayne State University found that the likelihood of employment increased among job seekers only when the job training programs that they went through combined both skill development and motivation enhancement. Wang and his colleagues analyzed data from 9,575 job … Continue reading
US – While 80 percent of Grads expect their first employers to provide them with a formal training program, only 52 percent recieve it finds Accenture 2014 College Graduate Employment Survey
The Accenture 2014 College Graduate Employment Survey explores the expectations and experiences of US college students who will be graduating in 2014 and those who graduated in 2012 and 2013 related to education, skills, finding a job, salary expectations, debt and post-graduation living arrangements. The survey polled more than 2,000 students and compares the perceptions … Continue reading
Sweden – Networking better than labour-market training says Arbetsförmedlingen
Labour-market training, meant to prep job seekers for work, no longer has the desired effect, Sweden’s jobs agency said on Monday. Networking was still the best way to find a job last year. The job-specific training, known as arbetsmarknadsutbildning, has been one of the more costly initiatives to get job seekers into work, the agency … Continue reading
Over half of young people say that they don’t have skills for basic tasks finds LifeSkills Youth Barometer
Findings from the LifeSkills Youth Barometer released today reveal that more than half (54%) of 14-25 years olds feel they don’t have the practical skills they need to find a job at entry level. A quarter (24%) of young people say they receive no careers education, while one in three (30%) felt they were not … Continue reading
Biden and the Skills Gap in US / 47 overlapping programs in 2009 says GOP
More than 10 million Americans are jobless, but about 4 million jobs were unfilled at the end of November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Many economists and industry experts attribute the disparity to a gap between workers\’ skills and the skills employers need. “There are plenty of jobs out there, and there’s a … Continue reading
White House Meets Business / To discuss better job training and discrimination against long-term unemployed
The White House released a list of 23 corporate or small business leaders joining with Obama and Vice President Joe Biden to discuss better job training to expand manufacturing capacity and help people who have been jobless for years re-enter the workforce. They include AT&T Inc., CVS Caremark Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and The … Continue reading
Training in Canada / 91 per cent of Canadian workers say employers should pay the bill survey finds
When it comes to an up-to-date skill set, who is responsible – the employer or the employee? 91 per cent of Canadian workers hold the employer responsible for ensuring the skills and competences of employees correspond with job requirements Continue reading
Canada’s Skills Gap / 88% of respondents ready to acquire new skills and 38% ready to relocate Hays finds
Canadian workers are beginning to respond to Canada’s well-known and continually growing talent shortage and skills mismatch by retraining themselves for in-demands jobs Continue reading
US / Stats on Workplace Learning
Although formal training accounts for only a small percentage of learning, unless noted specifically, the stats here relate to formal training, meaning that managed by a training department, usually through classes or online education (elearning) program Continue reading
Canada / “I want to see First Nations programs based around jobs” – Chief Clarence Louie
In 2007, Chief Clarence Louie, the no-nonsense leader of British Columbia’s Osoyoos Indian Band, was appointed to a five-person federal panel reviewing the operations of the Correctional Service of Canada. There was much that troubled him, as he toured federal penitentiaries. He was distressed, but hardly surprised, by the overrepresentation of First Nations and other … Continue reading
India / Educomp cuts 3,500 jobs
Education solutions provider Educomp Solutions on Friday said it has cut 3,500 jobs in the last three months and has also initiated measures to spur growth Continue reading
US / Industry-driven, sector-focused workforce development strategies are needed says Brookings
Collaborative attendees expressed nearly unanimous agreement on the need for industry-driven, sector-focused workforce development strategies that track with economic development priorities Continue reading
Apprenticeship in the US / Work and learn at the same time
Many people work and learn at the same time In the US. But in addition to getting a paycheck, apprentices like Schmitt are also getting a career boost: their on-the-job experience and technical instruction are part of a formal program to help them master an occupation Continue reading
India / Providing Skills to 500M in Ten Years
The Finance Minister Shri Chidambaram presents an ambitious target of providing skills to 500 million people in ten years meaning thereby that 50 million people are to be skilled every year, which is a huge challenge in itself Continue reading
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