Workforce Monitor Weekly - Dec. 5, 2021 - Grow With Google, the Economics of Child Care Supply

Grow with Google is currently offering five IT training certificate programs in IT Support, Data Analytics, Project Management, UX Design, and Android Development. These programs prepare students for decent-paying, entry-level jobs that can ultimately help them grow into high-paying, high-demand professional IT positions.

Lack of available child care in the U.S. may be a major contributor to idling labor participation rates nationwide. Women with children face additional barriers to sustained employment, especially in low-wage retail and service industries.

New NSF ATE grant project is involved in improving work-based learning (WBL) in biotech, and team from City College of San Francisco (CCSF) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), are collaborating with InnovATEBIO to compile information about the kinds of WBL opportunities at biotechnology training programs around the nation.  

Micro-credentials vis a vis competency-based certifications of skill domains have existed for decades across vocational-technical education and the professions. What appears to be changing is the priority ascribed to different micro-credentials along a credentials continuum that has focused on formal degrees and certificates

This report presents data on income, earnings, income inequality & poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2021 and earlier CPS ASEC.

The SAS table package provides statistics on revenue, payroll, sources of revenue, expenses, exports, inventory, revenue.

Finding good employees has always been a challenge - but these days it’s harder than ever. And it is unlikely to improve anytime soon.

Community colleges are cornerstones of America: they power regional economies, fuel talent pipelines, and position millions of learners for equitable economic mobility. Yet today, due to challenges such as declining enrollment and retention and increased staff turnover, colleges’ physical and technological infrastructure often no longer fully meets student, faculty, and staff needs.

Learn more about how certifications can play a role in bolstering student success and improving employability outcomes through embedding, aligning, and integrating independent certifications with degree programs. Through this video, you can see the framework developed to guide implementation of Certification+Degree pathways, as well as hear more about the challenges, opportunities, and ways higher education institutions, certification bodies, and employers can better connect with one another to establish more meaningful pathways for students.

Rachel Lipson of Harvard's Project on Workforce says there are many unanswered questions about the future of work post-pandemic, but a few clear trends.

In the wake of historic pandemic-related enrollment declines, postsecondary institutions have responded by developing and expanding innovative approaches to engaging learners. Higher education practitioners discussed these approaches at a virtual workshop hosted by Strada Education Network in October 2021, focusing on strategies for reconnecting recent high school graduates whose education was disrupted by the pandemic.

When the Oklahoma Department of Education launched Individual Career and Academic Planning (ICAP) in 2017, the intent was to support learners along their entire career journey to make informed choices about their future academic and career goals. Today, ICAP is firmly rooted in policy and practice.

Udemy has become one of the hottest players in corporate learning. Could their marketplace model disrupt everyone else?

We explore how metros contribute to our socio-economic well-being, and how individuals migrate to jobs in geographic areas that offer the most innovative opportunities and living arrangements. We begin with some facts and figures related to cities.