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  • Closing America's Skills Gap: Lessons from the Carolinas and Learn and Earn Partnerships

    Huffington Post, August 22, 2011

    In this Huffington Post article, Donna Klein, Executive Chair and CEO of Corporate Voices, provides commentary on a recent U.S. House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training field hearing in South Carolina. The article discusses the role of higher education in job creation, and the special importance of cultivating partnerships between businesses and higher education to strengthen workforce skills, close the skills gap and increase America's economic competitiveness. 

  • Education For Business’ Sake

    Chief Learning Officer Magazine, July 26, 2011

    Ladan Nikravan writes about the implications of economic downturns for workers and how employers can help their employees balance work with going back to school to boost their skills and labor market competitiveness. The article quotes Donna Klein, Corporate Voices' executive chair and CEO, and cites its report, "A Profile of Young Workers in Low-Income Families."

  • The Benefits of Flextime (to employers)

    BNET.com, July 22, 2011

    In this BNET.com article, Laurie Tarkan discusses the positive business impacts of workplace flexibility, citing Corporate Voices for Working Families' recently updated report, "Business Impacts of Flexibility: An Imperative for Expansion."

  • Filling Skills Gaps through Apprenticeships

    Human Resource Executive Online, July 20, 2011

    Human Resources Executive Online explores the role that apprenticeships can play in helping employers address the skills gap, and the challenges that exist to implementing apprenticeships. The article highlights "Across the Great Divide," a report Corporate Voices published in partnership with Civic Enterprisis and in association with the Institute for a Competitive Workforce and Peter D. Hart Research Associates.

     

  • Workplace Flexibility Helps Businesses Compete

    White House Office of Public Engagement Blog, June 22, 2011

    Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement, writes about Corporate Voices' leadership on workplace flexibility on the White House Office of Public Engagement blog.