| Workforce Development Networks: Community-Based Organizations and Regional Alliances Contributor(s): Harrison, Bennett (Author), Weiss, Marcus (Author) |
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ISBN: 076190848X ISBN-13: 9780761908487 Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1998 Annotation: Across the country, community development corporations (CDCs) and other types of community-based organizations (CBOs) have become increasingly involved in workforce development, encompassing recruitment, skill training, placement, mentoring, and crisis intervention. Workforce Development Networks explains why and how the need for such customized, networked mediation has become so acute in America, especially for residents of low income communities of color, and why conventional approaches continue to fail. This book explores how labor markets are changing??jobs are being created, but they pay less, and job security is declining, as is the payoff for experience and seniority. The authors walk the reader through ten case studies, taken from across the United States over a period of 5 years. They show how a growing number of CDCs, CBOs, community colleges, and regional public authorities have made progress, using the principles of networking and collaboration. Bennett Harrison and Marcus Weiss conclude with their recommendations for community-based workforce development networks. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Labor - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) |
| Dewey: 331.120 |
| LCCN: 97033900 |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.48" W x 8.44" (0.61 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores how labour markets are changing - jobs are being created but they pay less and job security is declining, as is the payoff for experience and seniority. The authors discuss training, private-public partnerships, job searching and community development corporations (CDCs) and community-based organizations (CBOs) as social agents. They also take the reader through numerous case studies, using examples from across the United States. They conclude with their recommendations for better design, promotion and evaluation of community-based workforce development networks. |