Best Practices in Workforce Development

The Strategically Virtual series builds off the lessons learned from the Suddenly Virtual series to explore how to provide guidance to the public workforce system on being more strategically virtual, particularly how that could be operationalized at the state and local levels. The Strategically Virtual series envisions how the public workforce system could engage community resources and partners to holistically address job seeker needs, addressing physical and psychological safety in addition to more traditional job search supports and skill development. Strategically Virtual has developed a framework for job seeker services and produces issue briefs, Medium blog posts, practical guides, and more.

Products

Issue Briefs

A Review of New Jersey Public Libraries’ Virtual Services

Effective Job Search Support in the Time of COVID

Implementing Job Search Services in a Virtual Environment

Voices from the Field: Workforce Responses to COVID-19

Lessons Learned from the New Jersey Career Network Job Seeker Community

Long-term Unemployed Older Workers Persist in a Boom Economy

Blog Posts

Digital Equity During COVID-19: How New Jersey Public Libraries are Expanding Broadband and Device Access

Strategically Virtual: Offering Wellness Activities in a Virtual Environment

Strategically Virtual: A Review of New Jersey Public Libraries’ Virtual Services

Strategically Virtual: Effective Job Search Support in the Time of COVID

Five Reasons the Public Workforce System Should be Doubling Down on Virtual Services

Strategically Virtual: The Rise of Behavioral Assessments in Hiring

Strategically Virtual: The Shift Toward Virtual Interviewing and what it Means for the Public Workforce System

Strategically Virtual: The Value of Chunking Information for Job Seekers

Strategically Virtual: Job Search Burnout and Strategies for Prioritizing Well-Being

Incorporating Wellness Programming into Job Search

Mobile Engagement: How the Public Workforce System Can Stay Connected with Customers

Strategically Virtual - Voices from the Field: Workforce Responses to COVID-19

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Outlines how the public workforce system can use technology and community partnerships to expand services, address job seeker mental and emotional well-being, and ensure that a broader range of the public is able to access supports.

Building Communities of Care in Workforce Development Programs

heldrich_robb — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 18:04:53 +0000

Building Communities of Care in Workforce Development Programs

Topic

Best Practices in Workforce Development

heldrich_robb Fri, 03/26/2021 - 18:04

Type

Research Publications & Reports

Related Authors

Liana Lin

Stephanie Walsh

Work Category

Program Development & Technical Assistance Products

Attachments

Building_Communities_of_Care_Brief.pdf (619.75 KB)

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Excerpt

Defines and describes how the idea of community can inform local responses to unemployment, drawing on research about the needs of the unemployed, as well as on lessons learned from public libraries where community is at the center of what they do. Also makes the case for local Workforce Development Boards to broaden and redefine their roles as community organizations, focusing not just on aggregating community resources, but also on ensuring that unemployed Americans have access to safe and supportive community spaces that help them cope with the social and emotional fallout of unemployment. Concludes with recommendations for creating communities of care and providing community-focused services.

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New brief examines the vital role that public libraries play for all members of a community, including job seekers.

Interview with Regina Konle-Seidl

admin — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 15:16:15 +0000

Interview with Regina Konle-Seidl

Topic

Workforce Policy & Practice

Regina Konle-Seidl

International Best Practices in Workforce Development

Best Practices in Workforce Development

Transforming U.S. Workforce Development Policies for the 21st Century

Workforce Challenges

long-term unemployment

admin Thu, 10/22/2020 - 15:16

Published Date

May 19, 2015

Type

Videos

Interviews

Work Category

Research Products

Online Video

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Excerpt

Regina Konle-Seidl, Senior Researcher, Institute for Employment Research, presents recommendations on what should be done to address the workforce challenges facing the United States. She shares best practices from other countries. This video was produced as part of the 2014 conference, "Transforming U.S. Workforce Development Policies for the 21st Century."

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Interview with Regina Konle-Seidl, Senior Researcher, Institute for Employment Research.