Workforce intermediaries for the twenty-first century / edited by Robert P. Giloth.

Other author Giloth, Robert.
Format Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia, Pa. : Temple University Press, 2004.
Descriptionviii, 424 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Variant title Workforce intermediaries for the 21st century
Contents I. INTRODUCTION -- Introduction: A case for workforce intermediaries / Robert P. Giloth -- Whose job is it? Creating opportunities for advancement / Nan Poppe ... [et al.] -- II. WHO ARE WORKFORCE INTERMEDIARIES AND WHAT DO THEY DO? -- What do workforce intermediaries do? / Richard Kazis -- The workforce intermediary: profiling the field of practice and its challenges / Cindy Marano, Kim Tarr -- Workforce intermediaries: recent experience and implications for workforce development / Richard McGahey -- III. ECONOMIC AND POLICY RATIONALES FOR WORKFORCE INTERMEDIARIES -- Labor market intermediaries in the modern labor market / Paul Osterman -- The political economy of labor market mediation in the United States / Anthony P. Carnevale, Donna M. Desrochers -- IV. CUSTOMER VOICES -- Creating and sustaining a coherent voice for employers in workforce development: the Cleveland experience / Daniel E. Berry -- Perception vs. reality: employer attitudes and the rebranding of workforce intermediaries / Jessica K. Laufer, Sian Winship -- How do workers see advancement? / Roberta Rehner Iversen -- Labor market intermediaries in the old and new economies: a survey of worker experiences in Milwaukee and Silicon Valley / Laura Leete ... [et al.] -- V. BUILDING WORKFORCE INTERMEDIARIES -- Financing workforce intermediaries / Jerry Rubin ... [et al.] -- The final act: the challenges of implementing workforce development policy via nonprofit organizations / William P. Ryan -- Community development intermediation and its lessons for the workforce field / Christopher Walker, John Foster-Bey -- VI. CONCLUSION -- Conclusion: A future for workforce intermediaries / Robert P. Giloth -- APPENDIX -- Final report of the 102nd American Assembly -- Steering Committee Workforce Intermediaries Project -- About the American Assembly.
General note"Published in association with the American Assembly, Columbia University."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2003060363
ISBN1592132049 (cloth)

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Joyner General Stacks HD5708.85.U6 W67 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold