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New Discussion Announced for September 13-17: The Sectoral Employment Approach: The Promise and the Challenge

Posted on 09/09/2010

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The National Institute for Literacy (NIFL)'s Workforce Competitiveness Discussion List will host a discussion on The Sectoral Employment Approach: The Promise and the Challenge from September 13 – 17, 2010, with guest facilitator Dr. Joshua L. Freely.

Dr. Freely is one of the author's of the recent study, Tuning In to Local Labor Markets: Findings from the Sectoral Employment Impact Study. The study is part of a broad attempt to evaluate the effectiveness of job training and placement programs in the United States.

"Sector-focused" training programs, such as those reviewed in Dr. Freely's study, aim to connect...

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