Workforce Development Strategies

Better Employment and Training Strategies Taskforce

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Better Employment and Training Strategies Taskforce

Published Date

April 26, 2021

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Announcement

Topic

Workforce Development Strategies

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Coalition Developing Strategies to Modernize America’s Outdated Workforce Policies

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English

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The Better Employment and Training Strategies Taskforce (BETS) is a coalition of over 40 leading practitioners and experts who are developing strategies to modernize America’s outdated workforce policies. Several BETS work groups were established in November 2020 to develop recommendations to inform the Biden-Harris administration and the 117th Congress on issues and policy options related to topics such as federal job creation initiatives, unemployment insurance, workforce development and training, job quality, and youth employment.

Carl Van Horn, Director of the Heldrich Center and Distinguished Professor of Public Policy at Rutgers University, is serving on the taskforce along with the following members of the center’s National Advisory Board:

Todd Greene, Institute Fellow and Executive Director of WorkRise at the Urban Institute
Christopher King, Senior Research Scientist, Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources, University of Texas at Austin
Mary Alice McCarthy, Director, Center on Education and Labor, New America
Jane Oates, President, WorkingNation

Thus far, BETS members have published the following papers:

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New coalition developing strategies to modernize America’s outdated workforce policies.

Aligning Employers and Workforce Development Strategies

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Aligning Employers and Workforce Development Strategies

Topic

U.S. Labor Market & Industry

Workforce Policy & Practice

Transforming U.S. Workforce Development Policies for the 21st Century

employers

workforce development

Workforce Development Strategies

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Published Date

February 18, 2015

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Research Publications & Reports

Conferences & Seminars

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Research Products

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Aligning_Employers_and_Workforce_Development_Strategies_0.pdf (2.42 MB)

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Highlights the discussions and recommendations that were offered during the panel, “Aligning Employers and Workforce Development Strategies” at the October 2014 national conference titled Transforming U.S. Workforce Development Policies for the 21st Century.

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Reviews a panel discussion from a national workforce development conference.

Union County Economic and Workforce Competitiveness Project Findings

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Union County Economic and Workforce Competitiveness Project Findings

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U.S. Labor Market & Industry

Union County

Union County, NJ

Economic Growth Strategy

Workforce Development Strategy

Workforce Development Strategies

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Published Date

May 14, 2008

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Research Publications & Reports

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Research Products

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Union_County_Full_Report.pdf (1.38 MB)

Union_County_Key_Findings.pdf (514.24 KB)

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Examines an economic growth and workforce development strategy designed to assist Union County, New Jersey officials and their partners to support key industries in the region; build upon existing local, regional, and state policy initiatives; and aid all county residents to thrive in the local economy.

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Examines an economic growth and workforce development strategy for Union County, NJ.