Workforce Intermediaries for the Twenty-First Century

By Robert Giloth

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 stock of the world of workforce intermediaries: entrepreneurial partnerships that include businesses, unions, community colleges, and community organizations. Noted scholars and policy makers examine the development and effectiveness of these intermediaries, and a concluding chapter discusses where we need to go from here, if society is to provide a more coherent approach to increasing the viability and capacity of these important institutions.Published in association with The American Assembly, Columbia University.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592132049
• ISBN13: 9781592132041
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.9" x 8.6"