Dr. Christopher King traveled to Washington, DC, to participate in the launch of the new book Connecting People to Work: Workforce Intermediaries and Sector Strategies sponsored by the Aspen Institute’s Workforce Strategies Initiative and published by The American Assembly at Columbia University for the Institute’s Economic Opportunities Program. Dr. King authored the chapter titled “Sectoral Workforce and Related Strategies: What We Know…and What We Need to Know.” Click here to view a recording of the event, which was held at the Aspen Institute on June 12, 2014. Click here to read the Introduction, see the Table of Contents, and view interviews with the editors and other collaborators.
About the book: “The past decade has seen substantial economic change and tremendous innovation within organizations seeking to help workers navigate these changes. Ten years after the release of Workforce Intermediaries for the 21st Century, the sector-based workforce development field has made a demonstrable difference for struggling workers seeking to connect to employment. Challenges still remain, but much has been learned. This robust collection brings together perspectives from philanthropy, policy, research, and practice, and sets out how sector-based workforce development has evolved over thirty years, with a special focus on the past ten. The book brings together the thinking of some of these leaders in the field about how the sector strategy can evolve and inform public and private investments and policy decisions. This volume is sure to provoke timely reflection among practitioners, policy makers, investors, and researchers, as well as lay readers.”
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