Innovations and future directions for workforce development in the post-recession era

In February 2013, the Urban Institute held a half-day roundtable focusing on the three key areas of: (1) collaborative efforts that better connect employers with workforce programs and services; (2) approaches that help build the education and work experience of under-skilled and unemployed workers; and (3) advances in business practices and technology. This paper provides highlights from facilitated discussions in each key area to inform the development of a broader research agenda for workforce development policies. Each section begins with a discussion of the emerging trends in the topic area and then summarises the promising ideas, practices, and innovations that the roundtable attendees discussed. The paper concludes with a discussion of how these ideas, practices, and innovations could be scaled or replicated and how policy could better support their broader implementation.

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