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According to the Wells Fargo/Gallup survey, small businesses report that their primary challenge is hiring and retaining qualified staff. To tackle this issue, policymakers increasingly promote work-based learning (WBL). WBL generally combines...

Community Workforce Agreements (CWAs) are a social compact for creating and developing bridges between communities and union apprenticeship programs that provide pathways to career opportunities.

Related to career pathways in the construction industry, this resource profiles the wide range of Project Labor Agreements/Community Workforce Agreements provisions that have been designed and implemented during the last 15 years to establish...

Based on a demand-side strategy that targets jobs and employers in industry sectors or clusters, the Workforce Potential Project's targeted approach is likely to be more productive in raising incomes, meeting employer needs, and promoting economic...

Using data from an experimental evaluation of Job Corps, this article examines earning potential and longer term program impacts on participants.

Features detailed information about the availability of pre-apprenticeship programs in construction trades, based on the findings of a survey by the Workforce Strategies Initiative.

Analyzes national and state-level data on apprenticeship cancellation rates, as well as findings from multiple field interviews about why some apprentices achieve journey-level status while others cancel out of apprenticeship programs.

This report presents implementation study findings from an evaluation of the American Apprenticeship Initiative (AIA) which funded 46 grantees across the country to expand registered apprenticeship into new sectors, such as healthcare and...

This report looks at strategies for sustaining and expanding Registered Apprenticeship pathways for opportunity youth amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The report draws on promising practices from workforce boards and community-based organizations, and...

The United States faces a critical shortage of skilled trades workers, now and for years into the future. Due to an aging workforce and limited awareness of opportunities in the trades, the supply of workers trained for these jobs is simply not...