Workforce intermediaries for the twenty-first century / edited by Robert P. Giloth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Giloth, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hard-core unemployed--Services for--United States.

Hard-core unemployed.

Hard-core unemployed--Services for--United States--Case studies.

Welfare recipients--Employment--Government policy--United States.

Welfare recipients.

Occupational training--Government policy--United States.

Occupational training.

Employment agencies--United States.

Employment agencies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (433 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Workforce intermediaries for the 21st century

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : Temple University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 st

Contents:

Contents; Foreword / David H. Mortimer; I. Introduction; II. Who Are Workforce Intermediaries and What Do They Do?; III. Economic and Policy Rationales for Workforce Intermediaries; IV. Customer Voices; V. Building Workforce Intermediaries; VI. Conclusion; Appendix; About the Contributors; Acknowledgments; Index

Notes:

"Published in association with the American Assembly, Columbia University."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612658259

9781282658257

1282658255

9781439903865

1439903867

OCLC:

646066527