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Corporate Voices for Working Families aims to improve the lives of working families and the competitiveness of American businesses in four areas.

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Inaugural 2010 Ready by 21 Champion Award: Preparing Youth for Work Winners Announced at The Big Tent Conference
Washington, D.C. (November 18, 2010) Corporate Voices for Working Families and The Ready by 21 National Partnership are proud to announce the winners for the inaugural 2010 Champion Award: Preparing Youth for Work.
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New Toolkit Published Enables Community and Business Leaders to Improve Education and Workforce Readiness for Young People
WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 10, 2010) – Corporate Voices for Working Families, United Way Worldwide, and Workforce Strategy Center, have released a new toolkit to assist community leaders in creating beneficial and sustainable partnerships with business.
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Survey Finds the Nation’s Youth Not Ready for Workforce Entry
Corporate Voices for Working Families’ Partnership with Workplace Options Produces Valuable Research on Workforce Readiness
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12/01/2010
Long-Term Unemployment in America and the Need for Investments in Workforce Training
This post is the fourth of a four-part response by Corporate Voices for Working Families to the recent NPR series, “The Skills Gap: Holding Back the Labor Market,” which explores unemployment in America, the ill-prepared workforce and the critical need for workforce readiness training. As we head into the holiday season, 15 million Americans across [...]
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12/01/2010
Does a Bias Against the Unemployed Involve a Skills Gap?
This post is the third of a four-part response by Corporate Voices for Working Families to the recent NPR series, “The Skills Gap: Holding Back the Labor Market,” which explores unemployment in America, the ill-prepared workforce and workforce readiness training. NPR focused attention last week on several critical issues facing American workers and our economy: [...]
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11/30/2010
Training an Ill-Prepared Workforce: Businesses Address the Growing Skills Gap
This post is the second of a four-part response by Corporate Voices for Working Families to the recent NPR series, “The Skills Gap: Holding Back the Labor Market,” which explores unemployment in America, the ill-prepared workforce and workforce readiness training. As the United States continues to navigate through a tough economic climate with consistently high [...]
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