Two weeks ago, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP), took a short break from the health care issue to discuss the publicly funded workforce system and the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) reauthorization. It doesn't appear that the bill will b... More »

Government

Public Policy

(From Australian IT) Skilled workers will soon be in short supply even if overall unemployment continues to rise, a report says. The Clarius skills index report for the June quarter shows that while skilled job seekers are still struggling to find work, unemployment amo... More »

LAS VEGAS, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- In today's challenging economy, businesses are faced with falling profits resulting in budget cuts, layoffs, salary decreases, benefit reductions and never-ending bad news from Wall Street and leaders are faced with the immense challen... More »

Interested in speaking at the ASTD 2010 International Conference & Exposition? The 2010 conference will be held in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The submission deadline is August 26, 2009 (11:59 p.m. EDT, USA). For full details, and to learn about the proposal submission ... More »

Global Human Resources Development

(From Roanoke.com) Some were high school dropouts while others who signed up for the certified nursing assistant program had undergraduate degrees -- and student loans. As diverse as they were, they had this in common: They had scoured the recession-battered classifieds... More »