| Developing Workforce Training
Solutions |
The Aspen Institute
leverages the power of leaders to improve the human condition.
In 1997, the Institute began its research on industry-specific
workforce development – employment training strategies
for low-income people that create win-win solutions for targeted
employers, industries, and disadvantaged individuals. The Institute
now fields, analyzes, and disseminates original research that
tracks trainees and participants, documents best practices,
and articulates the business case for employers and industries.
for more info
Contact: Ida Rademacher
Phone: (202) 736-2525
www.aspenwsi.org |
Corporate Voices for Working Families
is a nonprofit corporate partnership organization created to
bring the private sector voice into the public dialogue on issues
affecting working families. Corporate Voices brings business
leaders, corporate perspectives, and working-family expertise
to the table with policymakers and activists to develop, share,
and achieve solutions.
for more info
Contact: Donna
Klein
Phone: (202) 429-0573
www.cvworkingfamilies.org |
The Council for Adult and Experiential
Learning (CAEL) is a national leader in the fields
of workforce development and adult learning. Founded in 1974,
CAEL provides companies, colleges and universities, labor organizations
and state and local governments with the tools and strategies
they need for creating practical, effective learning/training
solutions. for more
info
Contact: Pam Tate
Phone: (312) 499-2600
www.cael.org |
The Futureworks
Company is a strategy consulting firm focusing on regional
institutions of economic, workforce, and civic development.
The firm also supports learning collaboratives among such institutions,
including corporate-led civic organizations, and carries out
research and analysis of related public policy. for
more info
Contact: Brian Bosworth
Phone: (617) 484-4443
www.thefwcompany.com |
Jobs
for the Future (JFF) can provide businesses with human
resource solutions in the form of effective models and strategies
that employers can implement to build a highly skilled workforce.
JFF links employers to networks of local educational institutions
and organizations that provide training, skill-development and
support programs tailored to a firm’s needs. for
more info
Contact: Jerry Rubin
Phone: (617) 728-4446
www.jff.org |
Manpower is a worldwide
leader in the staffing industry, providing workforce management
services and solutions to customers through 3,900 offices in
61 countries. The firm annually provides employment to 2 million
people worldwide and is an industry leader in employee assessment
and training. Manpower's TechReach is a national workforce development
initiative to prepare unemployed or underemployed individuals
for well-paying career
opportunities. for
more info
Contact: Branka
Minic
Phone: (305) 670-1875
www.us.manpower.com |
MetroBusinessNet (MBN)
is a national network of business-led civic institutions seeking
to make their regions more competitive in today’s global
economy. Drawing from the learning and experience of network
members, MetroBusinessNet is the leader in a new field of practice
at the intersection of business competitiveness, regionalism,
and economic equity. for
more info
Contact: Erin
Flynn
Phone: (781) 574-6607
www.metrobusinessnet.net |
National
Association of Manufacturers/Center for Workforce Success (NAM)
is a century-old, nationally respected trade organization for
manufacturers offering educational information, industry data
and resources for developing innovative workforce solutions
for manufacturers seeking a skilled labor pool. for
more info
Contact: Phyllis Eisen
Phone: (202) 637-3000
www.nam.org |
National Congress
for Community Economic Development is the national trade
association for the country’s 4,000 nonprofit community
development corporations. It offers a variety of services to
businesses interested in corporate community partnerships including
brokering relationships with local community-based organizations
like their member CDCs. Its areas of special focus are telecommunications,
retail/franchising, manufacturing, workforce development, access
to capital, and health care. for
more info
Contact:
John Schall
Phone: (202) 289-9020
www.ncced.org |
U.S.
Chamber of Commerce/Center for Workforce Preparation
is the largest business federation in the world. It provides
educational information and local community-based resources
to businesses of all sizes and industries seeking solutions
to worker shortages and training challenges. for
more info
Contact: Beth Buehlmann
Phone: (202) 463-5525
www.uschamber.com |
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