Workforce Readiness and the Future of Work

Workforce readiness is an issue that is of great national and societal importance. For the United States and other countries to thrive in a globally interconnected environment of wide-ranging opportunities and threats the need to develop and maintain a skilled and adaptable workforce is critical. National investments in job training and schools remain essential in stimulating businesses and employment agencies to collaborate productively with educators who provide both training and vocational guidance. Workforce Readiness and the Future of Work argues that the large-scale multifaceted efforts required to ensure a reliable and strong supply of talent and skill in the U. S. workforce should be addressed systematically simultaneously and systemically across disciplines of thought and levels of analysis. In a four-part framework the authors cover the major areas of: education in the K-12 vocational postsecondary and STEM arenas; economic and labor market considerations; employment organizations and the world of work; laws policies and budgets at the federal state local and military levels. With contributions from leading scholars this volume informs high-priority workforce effectiveness issues of current and future concern and concrete research practice and policy directions to generate novel insights of a multilevel and system-wide nature. . Language: English