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TRAINING & PROGRAM DESIGN

Actively Engage
Train for skills and competencies that make Businesses
a person nimble enough to sustain Embrace Market Data to
Use Labor
themselves throughout their career. Evaluation Drive Decisions

- Dr. Nicole Smith, Georgetown University

Tap Innovative
SEVEN KEY TRAITS OF Funding Sources Treat Education
Like a Job
SUCCESSFUL WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
Provide Wrap- Connect People
Workforce development providers must work hand- Around Student to Careers
Services
in-glove with local businesses to ensure that their
students gain skills that employers want.

Exemplary workforce development providers use TIPS FOR DIGITAL SKILLS PROGRAMS:
labor market data and job projections to tailor 1. Use data books to gain and understanding
training to growing industries and eliminate of local labor market needs (CNA/LMI).
irrelevant programs. 2. Think beyond IT. Many industries and
occupations require some level of digital
Training programs work best when they simulate skills. Examples are located in the Digital
actual work conditions as closely as possible, from Skills Training Pathways Guide.
the topics studied to the learning environment. 3. Develop collaborative partnerships with
community colleges or other training
Strong workforce development providers don’t just organizations to support your learners.
help their students get jobs—they put them on a
path to a lifetime career. Effective programs also
leverage their relationships with employers to Curriculum & Program Design Resources
connect clients to jobs.
 Digital Skills Training Pathways and

Effective programs provide a host of Examples (GII)
comprehensive—or “wrap-around”—support
services for job seekers.  Career Navigation and Curriculum
Resource Guide (GII)
Workforce development providers have started
supporting themselves by getting creative, often  Closing the skills gap: Creating workforce-
tapping a diverse array of financial resources to development programs that work for
deliver their services. everyone (McKinsey)

 Employer Tools to Advance the Upskilling
Movement (Aspen Institute)

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