Workforce Policy for the Future: Connecting Skills and Careers

Giloth, Robert

doi:10.1177/0160323x20924701

Cited by 3 publications

(2 citation statements)

References 3 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Dabson (2018) identified geography, demographics, and limitations on business competitiveness as factors that can make rural environments more challenging. The range of available opportunities for education, training, and employment are different, and often more limited in rural areas (Bray, 2016; Giloth, 2019; Hillman, 2016).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

“Time has come again” for career pathways: Workforce development for youth in the US

Collins,

Spindle‐Jackson

2024

Poverty & Public Policy

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Youth who are not in school and not working may be labeled “disconnected” or “opportunity youth,” and are recognized as a population that requires intervention to establish a trajectory that avoids poverty and leads to economic stability. In this study, we aim to contribute to this discussion by reporting data from two recent studies of workforce development systems’ attention to opportunity youth. We address the question: How do workforce development systems implement the concepts of career pathways and sector strategies in their work with youth? The method involved studying 29 workforce development boards’ approach to youth populations. We conducted semi‐structured, in‐depth qualitative interviews with 62 subjects. Thematic analysis was used to identify key findings related to sector strategies, utility of the career pathways concept, challenges in applying the pathways concept to youth populations, and impacts of coronavirus disease 2019. We identify next steps in policy and research to further support youth in attaining sustainable employment.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For instance, transportation infrastructure within local areas is a key structural barrier to being connected to school and/or work (Lewis, 2019). Additionally, education, training, and employment opportunities are different, usually more limited, in rural areas (Bray, 2016; Giloth, 2019; Hillman, 2016).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“Time has come again” for career pathways: Workforce development for youth in the US

Collins,

Spindle‐Jackson

2024

Poverty & Public Policy

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

What Motivates Employer Engagement? Promoting Youth Career Embeddedness in Two Tennessee Regions

Myers

2024

Economic Development Quarterly

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

While workforce development can create skilled workers and better jobs, employer engagement is often limited. This article analyzes the case of Tennessee Pathways and draws on interviews with highly engaged employers, including those that hosted youth worker interns. The author investigates how employers accounted for their involvement and how program design shaped the benefits they perceived. Despite a traditional focus on skills gaps, the author finds that most employers sustained their engagement due to workforce challenges rooted in a mismatch between new hires’ expectations and the realities of the job, which resulted in high turnover of incumbent adult workers. Employers perceived that youth programs addressed this issue by fostering “career embeddedness” and deepening youth workers’ commitment to a nascent career interest or by redirecting them to other viable options. The author argues that practitioners should promote the potential of workforce development to yield long-term workforce reproduction and next-generation career development.

show abstract

Ohio's Regional Manufacturing Workforce Partnerships: Governing a Common Pool Resource

Hill,

Poland,

Reitz

2024

Economic Development Quarterly

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Ohio's manufacturing industry sector partnerships (ISP) are economic development and workforce development efforts that rely on community development inputs. The authors posit that graduates of regional, sector-led, industry-specific workforce training programs constitute a common pool resource, as described by Elinor Ostrom, because while hiring graduates is rival, it is not excludable. This creates a workforce version of the tragedy of the commons because these programs often have experiential learning components in workplaces and require funding support, mentoring, and the long-term commitment of company leaders to a partnership. The training programs will flounder if participating employers do not earn a return on their resource expenditures. The output of the partnership program is trained workers, while its primary outcome is the production of goods and services. The economic mobility of the recipients of ISP training is a by-product, or secondary outcome, of the partnership's activities

show abstract

Workforce Policy for the Future: Connecting Skills and Careers

Cited by 3 publications

References 3 publications

“Time has come again” for career pathways: Workforce development for youth in the US

“Time has come again” for career pathways: Workforce development for youth in the US

What Motivates Employer Engagement? Promoting Youth Career Embeddedness in Two Tennessee Regions

Ohio's Regional Manufacturing Workforce Partnerships: Governing a Common Pool Resource

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About