WFM Weekly - August 29, 2021 - Cybersecurity Program, IBM Learning System, German Apprenticeships

In the summer of 2017 Miami Dade College had zero cybersecurity courses. Today it has a robust, multi-level cybersecurity program.

IBM’s Your Learning System is an in-house digital training and human resources management platform “designed to address changing workforce demographics, improve employee learning experience, promote career transparency, and enhance the social contract in the organization.” In this report, authors Qin and Kochan tracked how internal badges achieved by technical sales staff through the IBM platform correlated with job performance and career advancement from 2014-2019

In this report, Urban Institute and DIAG USA offer recommendations on how U.S. intermediary organizations can implement strategies from Germany’s Dual Vocational Education Training (VET) model to expand apprenticeship programs.

The United States Census recently released data about the nation’s population. This is very rich and useful stuff in general, and in particular has relevance for higher education.

Because of the pandemic, millions of lost jobs in the U.S. are not filled yet. While there are reports of labor shortages in many sectors, a large percentage of workers say they are looking for a new job. For some without a bachelor’s degree, job prospects were bleak even before the pandemic. As part of our “Work Shift” series, Paul Solman looks at a program that is offering better opportunities.

This paper is one in a series of reports coordinated by the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) and supported by Arnold Ventures. Given increased public concerns about educational quality, the series is designed to generate innovative empirical research regarding state authorization processes and policies that can serve as a foundation for future research and policy in this understudied area.

Federal infrastructure has the power to transform America’s cities and suburbs, but leaders in Washington can’t achieve that transformative impact without understanding the needs of regional leaders who grapple with infrastructure challenges every day.

Call them soft skills, durable skills, career skills–whatever they are, they’re in high demand, and students need to develop them ASAP.

The journey toward a career often starts at a fork in the road. One path points toward on-the-job training.

One of the key economic lessons from the pandemic is that employees can work remotely without productivity taking a hit. So now, hybrid workforces – the blending of in-office and remote work – is the buzzword of work. 

In July 2021, about 61.7 percent of the United States civilian labor force participated in the job market.

How corporation grantees are working to support students from school to the job market.

A pandemic lesson: You can say no to bad pay and conditions.

Employers hired more than 1.8 million workers in June and July. But millions of others are still on the sidelines. That’s leading to long wait times and is forcing some businesses to turn down orders.