Bookcover of Workforce Trends Impacting the Virginia Community College System
Booktitle:
Workforce Trends Impacting the Virginia Community College System
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
(2015-05-25
)
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ISBN-13:
978-3-659-71562-4
ISBN-10:
365971562X
EAN:
9783659715624
Book language:
English
Blurb/Shorttext:
The mission of the Virginia Community College workforce development leaders is to expand their training and development services to new and emerging high growth occupational areas in support of Virginia’s economic growth and changing workforce needs in each of their regions. This research was designed to identify: high demand occupational skill needs; current training services; the shifting and changing trends based on technology, competition, workforce composition; and the need for partnerships. A survey, based on current and emerging trends and their impact on workforce development training services, was sent to the 22 Virginia Community College workforce development leaders. This purposeful sampling provided a 100% return and Data that reinforced the literature findings and the projections of the Department of Labor through 2016.