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Nov 29 2012

Manufacturing and the Job Market

The US energy renaissance and related manufacturing job boom could be a solution for millions of unemployed Americans, according to a panel of experts gathered at the Aspen Institute yesterday. One challenge in the way of that growth: job training.

Filed in Blog Topics: Jobs, Job Training, Manufacturing and Society in the 21st Century

Nov 28 2012

Bill Gates on the Job Market

By Mary Cappabianca

Filed in Blog Topics: Washington Ideas Forum, Bill Gates, Education, Jobs

Oct 17 2012

Eli Broad on the Solution to Unemployment and the Deficit

By Mary Cappabianca

Filed in Blog Topics: Election 2012, Eli Broad, Education, Jobs, Deficit reduction, Education and Society Program, Economic Opportunities Program

Sep 08 2011

Start Talking Skills, Not Just Jobs

By Jeff Harris

Note: This blog originally appeared in the Huffington Post on 9/07/11.

Filed in Blog Topics: Jobs, economy, Skills for America's Future, Karen Elzey, Workforce Strategies Initiative, Maureen Conway, Workforce

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