Workforce Development - duplicate

More than 80% of HR Professionals report challenges recruiting suitable Job candidates.

To help close the skills gap and improve individual prosperity, employers should adopt practices and policies that support efforts to hire, educate and train individuals for the modern workplace.

SHRM Supports

– Work-based Learning: Policies that foster and expand work-based learning opportunities, including apprenticeships and skills-based hiring.

– Accessing Untapped Talent: Initiatives that promote hiring from under utilized talent pools, such as the formerly incarcerated, older workers, individuals with disabilities and veterans.

We have seen drastic changes in the employment market, but the reality is it does nothing to erase the underlying skills gap. In fact, it may exacerbate the skills gap in the long term. We need to continue to forge a better alliance between education and employment, invest in workforce training and open our recruiting efforts to nontraditional pools of talent.

Johnny C. Taylor, Jr.
President and CEO, SHRM

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SHRM@WORK

April 2021
SHRM submitted comments in response to the notice urging DOL to not rescind the Joint Employer Rule; highlighting that it embraces the complexities of the modern workforce, and allows and incentivizes employers to take steps to protect workers and workplaces.

APril 2021
On April 20, the Senate HELP Committee held a full committee hearing titled "COVID-19 Recovery: Supporting Workers and Modernizing the Workforce Through Quality Education, Training, and Employment Opportunities.” During the hearing, with the assistance of U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., SHRM submitted a statement into the Congressional record in support of employer-provided education assistance as a meaningful investment in the American workforce that will contribute to future economic growth.

More than 80 percent of HR professionals report challenges recruiting suitable job candidates in the past year, an indication of a growing skills gap problem that if left unchecked will leave jobs unfilled, reduce business profitability and stifle U.S. economic growth.

Patrick Brady
Director, Policy Engagement