WorkforceRx: Agile and Inclusive Strategies for Employers, Educators and Workers in Unsettled Times

by Van Ton-Quinlivan, Salwa Emerson (Editor), Marina Gorbis (Foreword)

Right People, Right Skills, Right Time -- "This is the future of work"WorkforceRx is a collection of proven workforce development strategies refined for the private, public, education, and nonprofit sectors--a playbook for connecting work and workers with training in an uncertain economy.Who will benefit from this book? Industry leaders, educational leaders, economic and workforce development practitioners, elected officials and public policy makers, foundation officers, and citizens who care about their community. Everyone can take action to form an ecosystem of the willing and approach the future of work with a new and agile mindset.Use this playbook for the future of work--If you need skilled workers but can't find themIf you want partnerships that move at the speed of needIf you want to connect well-trained students to the right jobs right nowIf you want to grow an inclusive workforce from withinIf you want social and economic mobility by connecting your community with well-paying jobsIf you want to better understand how diversity, equity, and inclusion reflect the workers of the futureFinding novel ways to collaborate and braid resources, stimulate diversity by making education and career opportunities more reachable, design the right on- and off-ramps to create supportive infrastructure for the emerging gig economy--WorkforceRx offers a clear-cut, proven strategy for each.

236 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 8, 2021

Reviews

[Mark Muckerman · Rating 1 out of 5]

I picked this up on the recommendation and endorsement of someone whose professional experience and judgement I (used to) trust. Sadly, I feel I was bamboozled by a "friends and family" courtesy endorsement.

A painful read, with little-to-no actual forward looking or insightful intelligence around evolving and improving the legacy workforce development paradigm.

Rather, this is more a self-aggrandizing, narcissistic memoir of the author's love of self, than anything externally useful. It could have just as easily been titled "I'm so awesome, let me tell you about me, me, me, and how awesome I am, and all the great things I've done that you really won't care about."

As I labored to finish this waste of ink, the reading experience just became a torturous emotional pendulum, swinging from rage at the waste of my time and money on this mess, to seething disgust at the author's level of hubris.

Just awful. Not even going to try to sneak this one into the used book store pile - it's going right in the trash.

[Audrey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic and realistic tactics for leaders to tackle a very real challenge in the workforce dev and higher ed space. I love a practical read and this is just that! Highly recommend