Webinar:Winning Strategies to Meet Employer Demand

Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.

Date

Apr 30 – May 30, 2015
2:30am – 3:30am

Location



About this Webinar:

Skills for America’s Future (SAF) has been committed to the notion that greater cooperation between educators and employers will better produce a workforce with the skills that businesses need. Skills for Chicagoland’s Future (SCF) the first local adaption of the SAF concept, has successfully addressed this need on a regional basis. They have even developed a playbook that can help other cities and regions that would like to proceed similarly. This webinar highlights SCF’s activities and playbook resource.

 

Scheduled presenters include:

Allison Ryan Angeloni, Skills for Chicagoland’s Future (SCF)

Marie Trzupek Lynch Skills for Chicagoland’s Future (SCF)

 

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