Connecticut Workforce & Education Strategy Blueprint
Connecticut’s economic opportunity and competitiveness depend on a prepared workforce pipeline.
The critical intervention point is grades nine through 12, where career trajectories take shape and students build connections to local employers and industries or else potentially drift toward disconnection.
This report, produced by the CBIA Foundation for Economic Growth & Opportunity and made possible through the generous support of JPMorgan Chase, examines how well Connecticut’s high school workforce programs align with the economy’s current and future needs, and addresses the limitations of the current system that prevent these programs from maximizing their potential.
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Hello,
For the past couple of years, I have been thinking of a way to connect the kids who are not set out for college and want to go straight to the Work-Force.
I have in mind, some kind of “Portal” that the kids can connect directly with the Employers.
I have given this a lot of thought. I am thinking of all of the steps and precautionary measures to keep the kids safe as well.
My thought was to involve multiple aspects of the young person’s current and future needs. From the initial connections to possible employers, up to the Introduction of Quality Investment Planners, for their retirement planning.
As a local manufacturing company, I have hired High School graduates, with better success than going through the typical Temp-Services. I have a couple of employees that have been here, ever since they graduated. But to be honest, it is hard to talk to the schools directly, because of their push towards college, to pad their “Stats”
The most common statement I hear from all of the Business owners I talk with, is always “We can’t find GOOD help, anywhere.”