Tag
workforce
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Virginia Manufacturers Team Up With Colleges to Attract Young Workers
Working with community colleges across the state, the Virginia Manufacturers Association hopes to use expanded training programs to…
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Conscious InclusionArticleOver 5 years old
AARP Leader: Embracing Age Diversity Is “Continuing Journey”
With four generations in the American workforce, intergenerational diversity poses challenges for many organizations. At ASAE’s Finance, HR,…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Temps Not So Temporary? Contract Workers Becoming More Common
With the recession slowly ebbing, one thing that hasn't faded away is short-term contract work, which has increasingly…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Construction Industry Tries Courting the Next Generation of Workers
With the economy starting to come back to life, the Associated General Contractors of America is trying to…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
Corporate Diversity Survey Shows Slow, Steady Progress
A D&I expert sifts through the results of a recent corporate inclusion survey to make sense of the…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Learning: The New Workforce
Undervaluing older workers today could harm associations in the future, says AARP Chief Operating Officer Jo Ann Jenkins.
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Why It’s Important to Invest in Talent Acquisition
While many nonprofits are planning to hire new staff in 2014, the sector is largely lacking when it…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Is Phased Retirement the Answer to Mentoring Challenges?
By 2017, over one-third of the federal workforce will be eligible to collect end-of-career benefits. A new “phased…
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Conscious InclusionArticleOver 5 years old
What Can Associations Learn from the NFL’s Diversity Playbook?
An annual report by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports showed that the National Football League…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Need Skills to Pay the Bills? Associations Can Help
A new book by two association professionals explores the role professional societies and trade associations can play in…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Emerging Technology: Wake Up to Educating the Future Workforce
Emerging technology is shifting our workforce toward intellectual capital and changing the ways we educate both students and…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Smaller Manufacturers Association of Connecticut’s Proximity Play
How one association is taking advantage of a new relationship with a local community college.
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Agriculture Workforce Coalition Calls for Immigrant Workforce Reforms
Hoping to stabilize the agrarian workforce in the U.S., a coalition of agricultural associations is calling for new…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Want to Keep Workers Happy? Train Them
The National Conference Center explains the value of training. Also: A new workforce development community opens.
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Labor force declines: Young workers leave job market, older workers stay put
August’s labor report suggests that the overall workforce is getting grayer, as young people stop actively looking for…
