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Investing in the Future—the Importance of Cross-Sector Partnerships in Improving Workforce Readiness
Authors:  Linda Barrington, Charles Mitchell
Publication Date:  February 2008
Report Number:  A-0258-08-EA
File size: 419KB

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With talent gaps looming, businesses have a strong incentive to focus on workforce readiness. Education and its impact on the workforce of the future are evolving into major issues for companies. But how can business effectively address this challenge? This report highlights a conceptual framework for business involvement and explains why cross-sector cooperation among public and private institutions as well as NGOs must expand to have a real impact on this issue.