Your employees have the desire to upskill and bridging the employer-educator divide is complex. Learn more about our thoughts on workforce development and how we can help shape it’s future in a “Managing the Future of Work” podcast interview with distinguished Harvard Business School Professor Joe Fuller. Click here to listen to the podcast.
Penn Foster Graduates Take Their Next Career Steps in a Hot Job Market
This past weekend’s Penn Foster Graduation Ceremony was, as always, one of the most moving days of the year for me. And as I watched several hundred Penn Foster graduates leave the stage with diploma, certificate or degree in hand, I felt not only a great sense of optimism for them individually, but also for […]
News on Unemployment Positive, but Let’s Not Celebrate Yet
As posted on FosterEDU More Needs to be Done to Help the Working Class When the Labor Department released its latest snapshot of the unemployment rate last week, most people sat up and took notice. It’s hard not to note that the unemployment rate of 3.9% is the lowest it has been since 2000, which […]
How Demand for Middle Skills is Shaping the Labor Market
As posted on FosterEDU 5 Key Insights on the Future of the Labor Market The ‘skills gaps’ is an acute issue, and is a natural byproduct of structural shifts in the economy. Three major factors are at play to create a job market unique in living memory. First, though the pattern of today generally matches […]
Workforce Participation: A Missing Link in Closing the Skills Gap
As posted on FosterEDU How to Work Together to Encourage – and Better Train – Workers Sitting on the Side Lines of a Full Employment Economy The Labor Department’s latest monthly jobs report, this one covering March 2018, was out on the street Friday. And frankly, not a lot has changed: the unemployment rate was […]
February Job Report Signals an Even Stronger Reason to Tackle the Skills Gap
As posted on FosterEDU One of the great things about our country is that we are not just defined by what’s happened in the past, we’re also shaped by the possibilities of the future. So, on a day that is the ultimate definition of the “present,” the monthly release of the Labor Department’s jobs report, I […]
Beyond White Collar: Frank Britt, CEO of Penn Foster, Talks About the Importance of Training for Middle-Skilled Workers
In today’s age of accelerated technology and industry, there is a looming issue in the workforce. New innovations are creating jobs with skillsets never previously required, and there exists a workforce of employees with skills that are slowly becoming outdated. There is a gap between these two developments, and workers are going to need to […]
Will Tax Cuts Give Rise to a New American Apprenticeship?
(In collaboration with Jamai Livin, founder and CEO of Innovate+Educate) When tax cuts put billions of dollars on the balance sheets of American businesses, companies like AT&T and U-Haul promptly issued bonuses for their employees. Walmart gave a raise to their lowest-paid personnel. Such monetary moves are both attention grabbing and well-received in an economy […]
Can Next Gen Staffing Agencies Close the Skills Gap?
Staffing agencies have long played a critical role in matching talent with the unique needs of employers. But as the shelf life of skills shrinks, staffing agencies are taking on a role that is about much more than matchmaking: ensuring potential hires have the skills they need to succeed in today’s dynamic labor market. Seventy […]
At a Crossroads in Life, Consider a Jump to a Different Future of Opportunity
(In collaboration with Mike Lewis, founder of the When to Jump movement and author.) “Is this it? Is this what the rest of my life is going to look like?” That’s the question we all keep asking ourselves: What does it mean to live fully and build a career that helps you reach your goals? […]
