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Labor Market Policy: It’s About More Than Skills
NOTE: This is a continuation of the series we warned you about a few days ago. We are summarizing several large reports for each other (members of the Community Team at CSW), but we’re doing it here so you can benefit too – you know, if you are interested (since you found your way here [...]
Also posted in Collaboration, Economy, Longform, skills, workforce Tagged community, competitiveness, economy, human capital, human rsources, jobs, labor market, labour market, local, national, OECD, policy, prosperity, skills, workforce, workforce development Leave a comment
Big Changes at Work
Last week we were drafting a set of policy recommendations for a project. We’d drafted an introduction that named demographics, technology, and the competitive landscape as among the most significant domains of change in the workplace during the past decade. At that point I realized how many times I’d seen this collection of words and [...]
Also posted in Longform, Social Change, Work and Learning 2.0, Young People Tagged diversity, economy, growth, learning, millenials, recession, sustainability, talent, technology, trends, workers, workforce, workforce demographics Leave a comment
What We Know About Regional Economic Growth, Innovation, and Recovery
NOTE: We’ll be be posting findings from a few papers we’re reviewing with the intent of sharing with colleagues. We’re doing this here so that you might benefit from them too, but wanted to warn you before you read too far.
We just reviewed Regions Matter (OECD, November 2009). It’s chalk full of bits and bobs [...]
Also posted in Economy, Longform, Regions, Resilience Tagged Collaboration, economic growth, economy, gorwth, governance, innovation, leadership, OECD, policy, Regions, workforce 2 Comments
US Department of Labor Employees Meet Each Other (and US!) on Facebook
“We’re All Doing It”
Last month the US Department of Labor (DOL) launched a Facebook page. Other federal agencies maintain them too, but DOL hasn’t really been out-front in implementing the Administration’s early commitment to communication, transparency, and participation. While Facebook is just one means of demonstrating this commitment (the Department, and Secretary of Labor Hilda [...]
Also posted in Gov20, Social Change, Social Media & Engagement Factoids, Uncategorized, Work and Learning 2.0 Tagged citizen engagement, Department of Labor, DOL, facebook, jobs, social media, transparency, twitter, unemployment, USDOL, work 3 Comments
Economic Transformation in Northeastern Ohio
Promising Practices in Regional Economic Development: Northeast Ohio
Last week, I attended an event focused on the importance of regional planning, partnerships between government, workforce, education, and economic development, and how encouraging entrepreneurship in regions can help spur economic growth and prevent further population loss.
My own organization, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW), has initiated or [...]
Also posted in Collaboration, Community, Entrepreneurship, Longform, Regions Tagged Cleveland, community, economic development, Entrepreneurship, funders collaborative, Northern Ohio, region, Regions, strategy, transformation Leave a comment
Workers or Jobs: Which Comes First?
Training vs. Jobs
In communities across the country where unemployment is especially high, leaders and policy makers urge workers to upgrade their skills and search for employment in new and growing industries – like wind energy. But often, the jobs aren’t there yet.
Better Bridges Between Economic and Workforce Development
Yes, the world is getting smarter. Technology has [...]
Also posted in Community, Regions, Resilience, Uncategorized Tagged community, economic development, EDA, innovation, research, resilience, tools Leave a comment
The Power of Connecting
Smart Communities Connect, Share, and Drive from Data
At the risk of making this post feel like an ad, I embedded “The Way We Work” above. The video clearly explains (from an enterprise perspective) the same theory of change we’re trying to advance from a community perspective – how connecting us to each and to the [...]
Also posted in Community, Gov20, Uncategorized, Work and Learning 2.0 Tagged Collaboration, community, gov2.0, IBM, smart cities, smart communities Leave a comment
Roundup of Gov2.0 Summit Resources
Reinventing Our Government
Sadly, we were not able to attend last month’s Gov2.0 Summit in Washington, DC. I did contribute the to “What does Gov2.0 mean to you?” video contest, with this, but I really liked Andrew’s (@Krazykriz), which I embedded above. However, thanks to social media, the community that did attend let us in on [...]
Also posted in Gov20, Uncategorized Tagged gov2.0, Gov20, government, O'Reilly, technology Leave a comment
New Approaches for Young Wish-They-Were-Workers
Really high unemployment among youth.
One of the most alarming bits of bad news in a sea of unwelcome statistics about unemployment, is just how bad it is for the young American worker these days. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) finds that the proportion of young people employed in July was 51.4 percent, “the lowest [...]
Also posted in Longform, Social Media & Engagement Factoids, Uncategorized, Young People Tagged facebook, jobs, social media, unemployment, workforce, Young People, youth Leave a comment
Getting Strategic About Skills