workforce development Archives - National Association of Regional Councils https://narc.org/tag/workforce-development/ The Voice of Regions Fri, 29 May 2020 20:22:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/narc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cropped-Logo-15.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 workforce development Archives - National Association of Regional Councils https://narc.org/tag/workforce-development/ 32 32 58711745 President Seeks to Increase Job Training Opportunities for America’s Unskilled Workers https://narc.org/2018/07/27/american-worker-council/ https://narc.org/2018/07/27/american-worker-council/#comments Fri, 27 Jul 2018 17:22:12 +0000 https://regionslead.org/?p=689 President Seeks to Increase Job Training Opportunities for America’s Unskilled Workers

On Thursday, July 18, the president signed an executive order that creates the Council for the American Worker. Led by the secretaries of commerce and labor, the Council is expected to focus on reorganizing federal workforce development programs and generating funding for new job training initiatives, especially apprenticeships and older worker training.

This initiative comes as business and industry are reporting a shortage of qualified workers to fill the nearly six million job vacancies.

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