Workforce Readiness and the Future of Work : SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series - Fred  Oswald

Workforce Readiness and the Future of Work

By: Fred Oswald (Editor), Tara S. Behrend (Editor), Lori Foster (Editor)

Hardcover | 18 February 2019

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Workforce readiness is an issue that is of great national and societal importance. For the United States and other countries to thrive in a globally interconnected environment of wide-ranging opportunities and threats, the need to develop and maintain a skilled and adaptable workforce is critical. National investments in job training and schools remain essential in stimulating businesses and employment agencies to collaborate productively with educators who provide both training and vocational guidance.

Workforce Readiness and the Future of Work argues that the large-scale multifaceted efforts required to ensure a reliable and strong supply of talent and skill in the U.S. workforce should be addressed systematically, simultaneously, and systemically across disciplines of thought and levels of analysis. In a four-part framework, the authors cover the major areas of:

  • education in the K-12, vocational, postsecondary, and STEM arenas;
  • economic and labor market considerations;
  • employment, organizations, and the world of work;
  • laws, policies, and budgets at the federal, state, local, and military levels.

With contributions from leading scholars, this volume informs high-priority workforce effectiveness issues of current and future concern and concrete research, practice, and policy directions to generate novel insights of a multilevel and system-wide nature.

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"Workforce Readiness and the Future of Work surveys a wide range of critical person and organization factors that must be considered when designing career and workforce development policies and practice. The text makes a persuasive argument that future career and workforce development policies and practice must embrace the impact technology and automation wields on the landscape of work. Each chapter digs deep into key issues that must be considered when designing strategies for helping youth prepare for the world of work as well as when helping working adults continue developing and expanding their employability skills. The text is remarkable in taking the position that technology can be leveraged to support career and workforce development efforts to help youth and adults gain access to decent high-demand, high-paying work." - V. Scott H. Solberg, Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, Boston University, US

"This volume addresses the complex technological and economic forces that are irrevocably transforming the workplace; employment, as we know it, could soon be unrecognizable. Oswald, Behrend, and Foster define the crucial research questions that must be addressed in order to prepare the workforce for these changes. Relying on thought-leaders across disciplines, this volume provides indispensable guidance for policy-makers, researchers, organizations, and individuals. In short, this is the book for anyone interested in understanding how the world of work will be transformed in the coming years - and how to adapt to this new world." - Donald M. Truxillo, Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland

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