Posted by: We returned from the National Association of Workforce Boards’ (NAWB) Forum 2011 and are energized and inspired by all of the people we talked to and sessions we attended. We heard from representatives of workforce boards from Macon, Ga., to El Paso, Texas to Plattsville, Wis., all of whom face unique challenges and have developed specialized programs in their communities to spur employment and youth engagement. Starting Monday, we’ll post videos of attendees telling us what major employment issues their communities face, what they’ve done about it and their ideas on solving the unemployment problem across the nation.
We also chatted with Ron Painter, CEO of the NAWB, about what he’s seen and heard from local workforce boards while traveling around the nation and talking to attendees of the conference. Ron noted that the focal point of the conference for the majority of attendees has been discussions of how to harness technology to understand the labor market or different ways to use social media to get the message out about jobs or trainings.
You can watch his video interview on the wide range of challenges, successes and programs that workforce boards across the nation are experiencing, and why he thinks it’s an exciting time to be in the business of getting Americans back to work:
The NAWB Forum not only spread ideas by bringing together people from across the nation to have a conversation, but also through three days of workshops on various topics. Representatives of the Monster Public Sector and Education also participated in three workshop panels, talking about subjects such as reaching out to young people to engage them in the workforce, how to deliver local workshops and trainings that have a big impact, and how to drive development and programs with real-time labor market data.
Fri, Feb 11, 2011
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