C. Michael Ferraro

Strategies for Narrowing the Skills Gap

November 2011 - TD Magazine

A Leap of Faith

Skills shortages continue to be a hot topic for business leaders, training professionals, and the organizations they serve. Despite the lingering effects of the recession, employers continue to struggle to find highly skilled and qualified employees. Policymakers highlight skills shortages as one of the reasons why unemployment rates continue to be high.
The June issue of Infoline "Strategies for Narrowing the Skills Gap" defines the challenge backed up with data, explains the role of the training professional to close skills gaps, and details a six step action plan to address skills gaps in organizations.
Join ASTD for a conversation with University Health System and Wells Fargo for an inside look at how these organizations narrowed skills gaps in their workforce, step by step. Both organizations will describe the skills gap they tackled, the methods used to address it, and the results achieved.