Take a Walk in Our Shoes: The Need for Disabilities Awareness Training

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Jenell Wittmer

Unawareness of how to appropriately interact with people with disabilities is the largest barrier to the successful employment of people with disabilities. "I said, 'Come walk down the hall with me!'" That is what one person recounted during a disabilities awareness tra... More »

Washington Gets Serious About Veteran Unemployment

Ann Pace

For transitioning and wounded military service members, job help is on the way. More »

Career and Technical Education: Retraining Americas Workforce

Alisha Hyslop

As policymakers struggle with appropriate solutions to high unemployment rates, the focus often turns to the strong need for more efficient and effective worker retraining programs. More »

Upskilling the American Workforce

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Ann Pace

On June 8, President Obama visited Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, Virginia, to announce a major expansion of Skills for America's Future, an initiative that focuses on training and developing the skills of America's workforce through the collaborativ... More »

Train for the Future: Invest in Learning

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ASTD Staff

In today's marketplace, resources must be cut to meet profit goals. Companies often turn to training budgets first. Before automatically decreasing training budgets, companies may want to consider some top global trends, which, according to the "SHRM Workplace Forecast,... More »