Building a 21st Century World Class Workforce
July 27, 2005 Economic Development Today Telecast
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This telecast will showcase bold new initiatives in the expansion of workforce development systems for maintaining and strengthening America's economic strength.
The demand for high-skill, higher-wage workers exceeds that of any time in our nation's past. New industries have emerged. Other industries that are today just a gleam in the eye of some inventor will soon be woven into the fabric of our economy. The constant of commerce in the twenty-first century will be the need for "knowledge workers" - people who possess high levels of specialized skills and training.
Two-thirds of America's economic growth in the 1990s resulted from the introduction of new technologies, and 60 percent of the new jobs of the 21st Century require post-secondary education currently held by only one-third of the America's workforce. To build the workforce of the 21st Century, today's workers must adjust to the changes of the 21st Century economy.
The telecast will discuss what it takes to build a world class workforce; a new streamlined workforce development system in the state of Mississippi; a community college perspective of how local efforts are putting these concepts into practice; and a private sector partner.
America must ensure that its workers have the opportunity to equip themselves with the necessary tools to succeed in a new dynamic global economy. This will require local, regional, state and federal partnerships that closely link economic development and workforce development efforts.
Moderator
Ms. Doris McMillion
Panelists
Sandy Baruah, Chief of Staff, Economic Development
Administration, US Department of Commerce
Ms. Emily DeRocco, Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training
Administration, United States Department of Labor
The Honorable Haley Barbour, Governor, State of Mississippi
Dr. P. Anthony Zeiss, President, Central Piedmont Community
College, Charlotte, NC
Dennis Donovan, Executive Vice President of Human Resources
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