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Growing Fairly - How to Build Opportunity and Equity in Workforce Development (Paperback)
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Growing Fairly - How to Build Opportunity and Equity in Workforce Development (Paperback)
Series: Brookings / Ash Center Series, "Innovative Governance in the 21st Century
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Tested, practical ideas to meet current and future skilling needs
of both workers and employersThe labor market in the United States
faces seemingly contradictory challenges: Many employers have
trouble finding qualified applicants for current and future jobs,
while millions of Americans are out of work or are
underemployed-their paths to living-wage jobs blocked by systemic
barriers or lack of adequate skills. Growing Fairly offers
workforce development reforms that meet the needs of both workers
and employers. Based on the experiences of hundreds of leaders and
workers, the authors set out ten principles for designing a more
effective and equitable system that helps workers obtain the skills
necessary for economic mobility. The principles outlined in the
book argue for a more comprehensive view of the skilling needs of
current and prospective workers. They spell out the attributes of
effective programs and make the case for skill-based hiring, widely
distributed performance data, and collaboration. The book
emphasizes the importance of local action to overcome the
structural barriers that challenge even the most determined
would-be learners. Growing Fairly shows cross sector leaders how to
work across organizational boundaries to change the trajectory of
individuals struggling to make a living wage. This is not a book of
untested theories. Instead, it is written by practitioners for
practitioners. Much of it is told through the voices of those who
run programs and people who have taken advantage of them. While the
issues the book addresses are profound, its take on the subject is
optimistic. Between them, the authors have spent decades searching
out and supporting effective practices. Even more critically, they
have learned how to knit competing agencies and organizations into
cohesive systems with coordinated missions. Their practical ideas
will benefit a wide range of readers, from practitioners in the
field to students and scholars of the American labor system.
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