The Overlooked Partners That Can Build Your Talent Pipeline

ABSTRACT

America has a skill problem. It's not the result of inadequate educational systems letting down younger workers or a lack of aptitude among older workers, as some claim. The problem is the widespread failure of American companies to share responsibility for skill development. Many employers are simply unwilling--or unable--to invest sufficient resources, time, and energy into work-based learning and the creation of skill-rewarding career pathways that extend economic opportunity to workers on the lowest rungs of the labor market ladder. Here, Lowe discusses how workforce intermediaries can help develop skilled workforces.