Economic Opportunities Program Newsletter, June 2021
At the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program, and for our many colleagues and partners, the ongoing and intertwined health, economic, and racial justice crises bring new urgency to our work to improve access to quality jobs, options to participate in business ownership, and the freedom to pursue economic opportunity. Below we share our monthly newsletter with highlights of recent work. As always, we welcome your feedback, thoughts, and partnership in advancing inclusive opportunity and an economy in which we all can thrive. Click here to subscribe.
Delivering Patient Care and Quality Jobs
Improving job quality not only transforms workers’ lives, but it also benefits businesses’ performance and bottom lines. Highlighted in this brief by Mark Popovich and Yoorie Chang is Sunrise Treatment Center, a leader in the addiction treatment sector that provides stable, sustainable jobs. Founder Dr. Jeffrey Bill, Chief Operatin
Investing in digital up-skilling of APEC s workforce critical: report 24th February 2021
APEC Illustration A digital readiness checklist has been designed to help APEC governments, employers, and academia understand their levels of preparedness for jobs in the digital age and to support their efforts to up-skill and reskill workers amid COVID-19. (ANTARA/HO-APEC Secretariat) Jakarta (ANTARA) - Hiring of workers with digital skills has grown substantially in the last three years across the APEC region, according to a recent report issued by the APEC Human Resources Development Working Group and received here on Tuesday.
The report highlights the gap between workforce supply and demand and emphasizes the urgent need for member economies to invest in digital up-skilling and reskilling of their workforce.
Investing in Digital Upskilling and Reskilling of APEC’s Workforce is Critical: Report
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Washington, United States, 23 February 2021
Issued by Human Resources Development Working Group
Hiring workers with digital skills has grown substantially in the last three years across the APEC region, according to a recent
report highlighting the gap between workforce supply and demand and emphasizing the urgent need for member economies to invest in digital upskilling and reskilling of their workforces.
Research by LinkedIn and Burning Glass Technologies in the
While the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a hiring slowdown in the first quarter of 2020, the report sees continued strong demand for digital talent, with a greater than one-fold increase in March 2020 as compared to the previous year.