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Washington, D.C. (January 5, 2012) - “Corporate Voices for Working Families supports the Obama administration in launching the Summer Jobs Plus initiative, which recognizes that there are a number of ways that employers can provide pathways to success for our nation’s low-income young adults, including Life Skills, Work Skills and Learn and Earn initiatives along with summer jobs,” said Stephen M. Wing, a leading authority on workforce development who represented Corporate Voices at the White House event today.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 15, 2011) – Corporate Voices for Working Families has released four new micro-business cases documenting the considerable benefits gained when employers, community colleges, and community organizations forge close partnerships to support working Americans. Model efforts like these are helping supply employers with the skilled talent they need, while creating promising career opportunities for Americans who urgently need them in a changing and challenging 21st-century economy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 6, 2011)—As business leaders and politicians alike lament the skills gap that has slowed America’s economic recovery, employers who embrace training for their current workers are finding promising results and an impressive return on their investment.
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- 01/10/2012By Dorian Friedman Corporate Voices is proud to have contributed two important chapters to a new thought-leadership anthology on workforce management issues, published this week by our friends at The Workforce Institute™ at Kronos. Elements of Successful Organizations: Achieving Strong Leadership, Smart Management, and an Engaged Workforce, is a rich collection of articles by some [...]
- 01/06/2012Corporate Voices and a number of our partner companies played a key role in a White House event held January 5 to launch the Summer Jobs Plus Initiative. “Corporate Voices for Working Families supports the Obama administration in launching the Summer Jobs Plus initiative, which recognizes that there are a number of ways that employers [...]
- 12/08/2011by Dorian Friedman As business leaders and politicians alike lament the skills gap that has slowed America’s economic recovery, employers who embrace training for their current workers are finding promising results and an impressive return on their investment. That is the main conclusion of Why Companies Invest in ‘Grow Your Own’ Talent Development Models, a [...]






