Skilled America

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Skilled America is a podcast series devoted to the policies, politics, and people driving the discussion on skills in today’s economy.

29/10/2020

Skills for an Inclusive Economic Recovery

Host Rachel Unruh talks with National Skills Coalition CEO Andy Van Kleunen about the state of our workforce, the lessons we've learned from the recessions of our distant - and not-so-distant - past, and how National Skills Coalition envisions an inclusive economic recovery that benefits every worker and every industry in the post-pandemic economy.Sign up for our post-election analysis webinar: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_k6PkBcSEQWWsP2V5AM5UlwLearn more about Skills for an Inclusive ...

30 min
16/07/2020

Directing the Flow of Talent

Juliet Ellis of SFPUC and Elizabeth Toups of JVS join us to talk about their efforts – which started long before the pandemic hit – to rethink the water utility workforce in the San Francisco Bay Area and how they're reshaping the workforce pipeline into a staple of the communities they serve. Support the show

19 min
21/05/2020

Contain and Gain

Success with containing Covid-19 has been linked to investments in contact tracing in countries around the world.With the more than 33 million workers that have filed new unemployment claims in the past two months – and millions more that were out of the labor market before the pandemic – investing in contact tracing capacity is not only essential to respond to our current crisis, but also an opportunity to get people back to into the workforce.In an episode recorded as part of a virtual brie...

45 min
07/05/2020

Rebuilding the Job Market

With unemployment numbers rising to near record levels as a result of Covid-19, a substantial investment in rebuilding our nation’s infrastructure could be necessary for reinvigorating our economy and creating new jobs.For a clearer perspective on what a significant investment in infrastructure would mean for our economy - and what it would need to include to make the biggest impact for the most workers - host Rachel Unruh talked with Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV 04) and Mark Kessenich o...

24 min
23/04/2020

The Digital (Learning) Divide

Many job training and adult education programs at community-based nonprofit organizations and community colleges have had to move to digital learning in response to Covid-19.But that transition has been complicated by the inequities in digital infrastructure, access, and literacy faced by program participants… as well as the instructors tasked with creating new learning environments.We talked to Jerry Rubin of JVS Boston and Trevi Hardy of College of Western Idaho, two people dealing with tho...

23 min
16/04/2020

Re-Entering The Fray

As cities and states seek to reduce their jail and prison populations to slow the spread of Covid-19, already stretched re-entry programs are working to address increased demand for their services.We talked to Chris Watler of the Center for Employment Opportunities in New York and Jeff Abramowitz of JEVS Human Services in Philadelphia to find out how they're dealing with the increased demand and the challenges brought to bear by the pandemic.We also chatted with Darnell Manuel, a participant ...

26 min
09/04/2020

Figuring Out Who Cares

Recent news has been dominated by the stories of our country’s frontline healthcare workers, who are battling a rapidly spreading virus in less than ideal conditions. But prior to COVID-19, the industry was already working to fill shortages in healthcare occupations at all levels of care. Host Rachel Unruh talks to Van Ton-Quinlivan of Futuro Health and Daniel Bustillo of the Healthcare Career Advancement Program, or H-CAP, two people entrenched in the effort to train, upskill, and...

27 min
02/04/2020

Manufacturing a Response

As skilled workers find themselves on the front lines of the national response to COVID-19, host Rachel Unruh talks to manufacturers Traci Tapani and Mike Tamasi about how their companies have adapted in the age of social distancing, how they've shifted production to contribute to the fight against the pandemic, and what they think about the sudden attention their essential work has brought on the industry.Support the show

21 min
12/03/2020

Skills and the 2020 Election

LIVE from the 2020 Skills Summit (February 4, 2020), it's the debut episode of the Skilled America Podcast. Host Rachel Unruh welcomes panelists Stephanie Martinez-Ruckman of the National League of Cities, Traci Scott of the National Urban League, and Brian Turmail of the Associated General Contractors of America to talk about skills, the 2020 election, and what their organizations are doing to advocate for their members.3:06 - Panel talks about their constituencies and how skills training fi...

1h 8m
05/03/2020

Trailer

A preview of the first episode of Skilled America, recorded live at the 2020 Skills Summit.Support the show

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Skilled America is a podcast series devoted to the policies, politics, and people driving the discussion on skills in today’s economy.

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Skilled America

Skilled America

Episodes

Skills for an Inclusive Economic Recovery

Directing the Flow of Talent

Contain and Gain

Rebuilding the Job Market

The Digital (Learning) Divide

Re-Entering The Fray

Figuring Out Who Cares

Manufacturing a Response

Skills and the 2020 Election

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