Workforce Development
Encouraging Workforce Development in Your Connected Community
Communities need intelligent, tech-savvy workforces to attract and sustain the innovative businesses that help ensure success in today’s global economy.
For the connected community, workforce development is a priority that starts in schools and continues through to career development for workers in all sectors, providing them with the tools to succeed, and the skills that attract and create new businesses.
Successful 21st-century, connected communities utilize strategies to:
- Increase the intelligence of the entire community's workforce, as nearly all jobs require at least a basic understanding of technology
- Facilitate career exploration and prepare students to enter the workforce to achieve and maintain meaningful and beneficial employment
- Create a community intranet to serve as an online gathering place for local students, job seekers, employers and workforce development support providers to share information
- Allow local employers to post training materials, internship opportunities and other information for job seekers by creating an online workforce development resource
- Provide job seekers with online workforce development resources, accommodating disparate schedules with 24/7 access
- Remove geographic barriers to job seeking, and facilitate innovative training and networking opportunities through video streaming and video conferencing
- Cut costs for workforce development organizations and training centers by sharing back-office support
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