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Thursday, June 07, 2007

Minnesota's Governor veto shackles growth at agency that trains jobless for waiting jobs

Veto shackles growth at agency that trains jobless for waiting jobs
In StarTribune.com Business
Youth may be our future, but in the world of employment, so is something called "sectoral workforce development." That's when training programs ask employers in growing industries what they need in a new hire, then find unemployed people and equip them as quickly as possible to fill those needs. It's not as simple as it sounds, because lots of those unemployed people are new immigrants or high school dropouts who need basic help with such things as child care, transportation, work clothes, and simple encouragement.

 



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