Expanding the Mission: Community Colleges and the Functions of Workforce Intermediaries

The U.S. labor market has changed dramatically—a situation that is painfully obvious to the millions of people who struggle to find good jobs with family-supporting wages. Global competition, deregulation, and technological developments, all compounded by the current economic crisis, have led many employers to make do with fewer employees, flatten hierarchies, or combine job functions.

Workforce intermediaries are responding to this new terrain, offering strategies to help people enter and attach securely to the labor market. Intermediaries bring together employers, workers, and other partners to develop paths toward career advancement and family-supporting employment for low-skilled workers.

John Hoops and Randall Wilson

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