WorkforceRx: Agile and Inclusive Strategies for Employers, Educators and Workers in Unsettled Times

Right People, Right Skills, Right Time — “This is the future of work” WorkforceRx by Van Ton-Quinlivan is a collection of proven workforce development strategies refined for the private, public, education, and nonprofit sectors–a playbook for connecting work and workers with training in an uncertain economy. Who will benefit from this book? Industry leaders, educational leaders, economic and workforce development practitioners, elected officials and public policy makers, foundation officers, and citizens who care about their community. Everyone can take action to form an ecosystem of the willing and approach the future of work with a new and agile mindset. Use this playbook for the future of work– If you need skilled workers but can’t find them If you want partnerships that move at the speed of need If you want to connect well-trained students to the right jobs right now If you want to grow an inclusive workforce from within If you want social and economic mobility by connecting your community with well-paying jobs If you want to better understand how diversity, equity, and inclusion reflect the workers of the future Finding novel ways to collaborate and braid resources, stimulate diversity by making education and career opportunities more reachable, design the right on- and off-ramps to create supportive infrastructure for the emerging gig economy–WorkforceRx offers a clear-cut, proven strategy for each.