OCTAE Connection: Flash Edition
January 21, 2015
In his State of the Union address yesterday and again at
Boise State University today, the President called on more employers to adopt
or expand measures to help workers gain the skills and credentials needed to
advance into better paying jobs. Such measures include expanding registered
apprenticeships, increasing the use of tuition benefit programs that pay for a
worker to complete his or her college education, offering on-the-job training
for career progression, and increasing access to technology-enabled learning
tools. Spreading best practices like these can ensure both that employers get
the skilled workforce they need and workers get an opportunity to realize their
full potential and earn more. At the same time – while proposing new measures
in his budget – the President is taking his own actions to expand access to
apprenticeships and training.
See more about what the Administration is doing to partner
with employers to upskill their workers in this White House fact sheet http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/01/21/fact-sheet-partnering-employers-equip-hardworking-americans-skills-they-
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