A strong workforce requires that workers have the skills, experience, and credentials employers demand. Understanding these job requirements, how they are changing, and how they differ across local areas is crucial to building America’s workforce. The public workforce system, which emphasizes employers as customers and key partners, seeks employer input on job, education, and training services.
Our work examines labor market demand and the skills workers need. We assess how programs are engaging employers and provide information for program operators on what works. We conduct analyses to better understand employers’ role in workforce development and how to encourage greater and more productive collaborations.
Publications
Making the Business Case for Employee Well-Being
June 2019 Molly Scott, Natalie Spievack
The Education-Jobs “Mix-Match”
October 2018 Molly Scott, Demetra Smith Nightingale
Upskilling the Immigrant Workforce to Meet Employer Demand for Skilled Workers
July 2018 Hamutal Bernstein, Carolyn Vilter
Analyzing the Engineering Technician and Technologist Workforce: Data Coverage and Gaps
June 2017 Daniel Kuehn
Employer Engagement by Community-Based Organizations
May 2017 Shayne Spaulding, David Blount
State Workforce and Economic Development Collaboration
May 2017 Lauren Eyster, Amanda Briggs
Occupational Projections for Low-Income Older Workers
April 2017 Kelly S. Mikelson, Daniel Kuehn, Ananda Martin-Caughey
Employer Roles in Building Pipelines for Middle-Skill Jobs in Health Care
April 2017 Pamela J. Loprest, Amanda Briggs, Kelly S. Mikelson
The Goals and Dimensions of Employer Engagement in Workforce Development Programs
December 2015 Shayne Spaulding, Ananda Martin-Caughey
Urban Wire Posts
Why and how companies should invest tax savings to improve workers' skills
March 2018 Robert I. Lerman
It took more than a rocket scientist to launch Falcon Heavy into space
February 2018 Daniel Kuehn
Appreciating apprenticeships: Trump plan can boost labor quality
July 2017 Robert I. Lerman
The strengths and weaknesses of new study on Seattle’s minimum wage increases
June 2017 Daniel Kuehn
Health care employers play a key role in improving worker skills for more rewarding jobs
April 2017 Amanda Briggs, Pamela J. Loprest
Only data can tell us if jobs are “coming back”
March 2017 Demetra Smith Nightingale, Burt S. Barnow
Should employers repay student loans or pay higher wages?
April 2016 Sandy Baum
Supporting sector strategies through collaboration between state workforce and economic development
December 2016 Amanda Briggs, Lauren Eyster
Employer engagement: Getting it right under WIOA
December 2015 Shayne Spaulding, Ananda Martin-Caughey
Related Projects
Local Workforce System | New Skills at Work Assessment