Tag Archives: workforce
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 [...]
Posted in Collaboration, Economy, Longform, skills, workforce Also tagged community, competitiveness, economy, human capital, human rsources, jobs, labor market, labour market, local, national, OECD, policy, prosperity, skills, 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 [...]
Posted in Longform, Social Change, Work and Learning 2.0, Young People Also tagged diversity, economy, growth, learning, millenials, recession, sustainability, talent, technology, trends, workers, 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 [...]
Posted in Economy, Longform, Regions, Resilience Also tagged Collaboration, economic growth, economy, gorwth, governance, innovation, leadership, OECD, policy, Regions 2 Comments
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 [...]
Posted in Longform, Social Media & Engagement Factoids, Uncategorized, Young People Also tagged facebook, jobs, social media, unemployment, Young People, youth Leave a comment
Getting Strategic About Skills