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Report Recommends Sector Focus as Best General Approach to Workforce Development

03/30/2011

| BY National Fund Staff

We were pleased today to listen in on an analyst call hosted by Root Cause regarding the Social Issue Report on Workforce Development produced by Social Impact Research (SIR), Root Cause’s independent research arm.

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Hotel Training Center

The Hotel Training Center (HTC) provides skills training and job placement services for under employed and unemployed individuals seeking entry to the hospitality industry and incumbent workers seeking skills upgrades or advancement within the industry.

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Investing in Immigrant Workers: A Profile of the Hotel Career Center

Hotel Career Center

The Hotel Career Center, a partnership between the International Institute of Boston and the Hilton Hotel Corporation, is helping low-income recent immigrants move toward economic self-sufficiency, while at the same time helping the company train and retain high-performing employees. HCC provides job-specific language and skills training to program participants and places them in positions with growth potential at partner hotels.

Working Toward Reinvention: SkillWorks at Three

Launched in 2003, SkillWorks is the largest effort in Boston’s history to substantially improve workforce development services for both low-skill/low-income residents and for business. This ambitious, five-year initiative has since become a national model, inspiring other communities and states to launch similar initiatives. This report looks at what SkillWorks has to tell us about the formation of partnerships, engaging employers, aligning resources around a common goal, and the challenges in advancing low-skilled adults toward family-sustaining incomes.

SkillWorks: Partners for a Productive Workforce

SkillWorks is a multi-year initiative to improve workforce development in Boston and in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. SkillWorks brings together philanthropy, government, community organizations and employers to address the twin goals of helping low-income individuals attain family supporting jobs and businesses find skilled workers. SkillWorks aims to:

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Opportunity Chicago

Opportunity Chicago aims to improve public housing resident access to self-sufficiency through employment; strengthen the capacity of the public workforce development system; enhance employer involvement through workforce partnerships; and increase the quality of resident employment outcomes and career advancement.

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