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As defined in the state’s first strategic plan for a career pathways system, Bridging Business and Education for the 21st Century Workforce, career pathways are connected education and training programs and support services that enable individuals to secure employment with a specific occupational sector and to advance over time to successively higher levels of education or employment in that sector.
- What is Career Readiness?
The Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) today released a paper titled “What Is ‘Career Ready’?” that outlines three broad sets of skills students need to be career-ready: core academic skills, employability skills and technical skills. ACTE created the paper to broaden the national discussion around the term "career readiness."
- Shifting Gears
CLASP recently launched a new website designed to help states increase the number of low-income working adults who have the skills and credentials they need to compete for jobs in demand. The website is intended to provide information about state policies that work across the nation and to highlight innovative approaches in these states. A section of the site is dedicated to state basic skills policies that promote success in college and careers.
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Jobs for the Future
This useful website developed by Jobs for the Future, posts significant research and innovative programs for educational and economic advancement and provides links to other findings.
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Virginia Workforce Network
Virginia Workforce Network (VWN) features one-stop career centers known as Virginia Workforce Centers, which provide access to workforce, employment, and training services of various programs and partner organizations.
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VA Workforce Network
Promoting workforce development in the Commonwealth
- Focus On Basics - Workplace Education (November 2004)
Published by NCSALL in 2004, these Focus on Basics on
Workplace Education articles include: "Balancing the Agendas of Managers, Students, and
Teachers in ESOL," "How States Approach Workplace Education," "Much More than ABE,"
and "Workplace Literacy Education."
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VA Workforce Services
The state-funded Workforce Services division of the Virginia Employment Commission provides customized recruiting and training services and offers consulting services, organizational development support, electronic media services, and funding.
- The Adult Education Teacher’s Role in Career Planning
This discussion of the career development needs of adults also
describes the appropriate role for the teacher in providing career planning assistance and
suggests activities that can be used to support adult career planning in the classroom.
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Virginia Employment Commission
Site contains jobseeker services and provides information on Workforce Centers, labor market, and unemployment benefits.
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Vocational Information Center
Explore vocational and technical careers, check out the skills employers really want, find a trade school, research technical topics, and take a look at the current job market at this web site.
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Opportunity Inc.
Hampton Road's Workforce Development Board.
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Community College Locator
Find a community college in Virginia.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. Click on "Publications" for the most recent Occupational Outlook Handbook.
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