California Forward
Skills gap creating an inadequate worker pipeline to fill demand for jobs like air conditioning and lighting control techs.
read moreCalifornia industries will require more workers skilled in tech that reduces energy and resource use.
read moreSkills gap will ensure state will fall short in filling need for college grads and middle-skilled workers.
read moreOp-ed: “Skills gap” is threatening California’s economic growth and keeping people in poverty.
read moreEmployers concerned about filling open jobs with skilled workers and community college faculty came to hear about task force’s new recommendations to boost workforce development in California.
read moreLaunchpath connects regional employers with high school and community college students to give them a leg up in the competition for jobs and gives a boost to the local workforce.
read moreGetting students, counselors and colleges on the same path that connects courses with actual, in-demand careers is critical to the future of the California workforce.
read moreFor California to develop the workforce necessary to remain globally competitive, employers must be given ways to play a larger role in the state’s workforce training system, the California Economic Summit emphasized in a letter to the task force charged with making community colleges more responsive to the state’s economy.
read moreWrap-up of gathering that brought together problem solvers in the public, private and nonprofit sectors to take on the state’s most intractable social and environmental problems.
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