job training

For the past 22 years an increasing number of homeless, American vets walk for hours, in some cases days, to reach National Stand Down, a life-changing event set in a temporary, horseshoe-shaped encampment of military-style canvas tents, camouflage netting and "water buffaloes" on the dusty fields...

To retain and attract top employees, U.S. companies are turning to perks such as subsidized training and flexible work conditions rather than raises. These incentives are finding a welcome among employees, too, especially educational benefits.

'Tis the season to remember the less fortunate, and Jim Gibbons, CEO of Goodwill Industries, hopes his nonprofit will be on the receiving end as you make out your charitable giving list. With unemployment still hovering near 10%, his organization is serving more people than ever with aid, inexpensive goods and job training.

Most policymakers cling to orthodox levers in an effort to boost employment, but another stream of thought is picking up momentum behind the scenes. It seems the jobs are available, but workers with the right skills aren't. Therefore, why not push retraining as a remedy?

Teen joblessness is its highest in some 50 years -- and even seniors, who are delaying retirement, hold more jobs than youths, according to federal data. This means more teens are missing out on learning valuable job skills.

One of the few bright spots in the job market during this Great Recession has been health care. Month after month, the industry has added jobs. In May, 8,000 health-care positions were created, a slight dip of the average of 20,000 a month over the past year. David Alexander, president of Soliant...

Desperate to help unemployed Americans find new jobs, the government has opened the funding spigot to boost programs at community colleges, career institutes and nonprofits. Billions of dollars in funding mean most courses can be taken for free.

According to the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, 100 majors, minors and certificate programs were created at American colleges and universities in 2009, with focuses on topics like renewable energy and green technology. According to the USA Today, "The Obama...

After reading the latest Bloomberg National Poll on the U.S. economy, one is left wondering whether the poll was conducted in maybe France? Or perhaps Sweden? No, it was conducted in the U.S., randomly surveying 1,000 adults from Dec. 3-7, and some the results are surprising, to say the least....

New York Times (NYT) columnist David Brooks may not seem the most likely advocate for a major expansion of federal job training and education programs. But, intentional or not, that's essentially what the conservative pundit was doing last week with a column about the new science of success. As...