The discussion also focused on transforming educational systems and vocational training to meet new demand for green economies and societies.
Private and public enterprises can also provide critical in-house, university-level training that meets growing market demand.
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Demand for teacher training has risen as graduates struggle to find other work during the recession.
It makes on-demand, online training available anytime, anywhere so workers can access required classes to address compliance and job requirements.
This latter criteria has become especially important in North African nations where local populations have been wary about the involvement of international partners and eager to make sure that any new energy development from Tangiers to Cairo include strict stipulations that ensure more local jobs, training and that domestic energy demand is met before shipping out to the European or Asian markets.
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Second, by attending a sector-based regional initiative funded by National Network of Sector Partners (NNSP) like the Bay Area Work Funding Collaborative, and the Skillworks, which provide training for local jobs in high demand.
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As work becomes more high-tech, employers demand more people with specialized training.
The Justice Department may well demand reforms ranging from new training protocols for officers to new guidelines on the use of force, as well as setting up a more effective system for identifying problem officers.
Teachers and administrators have told me that demand for musical-theater training has risen steadily in the last 10 to 15 years: applications to college programs are increasing, and dance schools have seen musical-theater workshops overtake traditional jazz classes in popularity.
Chinese companies are growing so quickly that training programs can barely keep up with the demand for qualified managers.
The NTSB has been urging the FAA to develop and enforce tougher safety standards for on-demand operators, especially in pilot training, maintenance practices and where air-tour operators can fly.
Even though word of the grand projects dotted around the north-east is attracting workers from all over the country, the demand is such that Odebrecht is training everyone from carpenters and bricklayers to truck drivers and forklift operators itself.
He said that there was now an inability to match supply with demand and the problem lay with "training for jobs which simply are not there".
He believes the change has largely been driven by technology, which increased the demand for knowledge-based workers and technical training.
But even if the ice melts as fast as shippers hope (and scientists fear), navigation is likely to demand strengthened hulls, higher insurance and extra training for crews, all adding to the costs.
To be fully effective, this online training would include advice on what skills are most in demand for different jobs and how to leverage skills learned outside of work to open up new career opportunities.
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Our fourth objective is to work with the interagency task force to align workforce programs funded by the Department of Labor and the Department of Education with market demands to help the task force identify and develop stackable credentials in high-demand industries, and to increase the use of technology to improve training.
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And I think the President challenged all of America to, in his speech to Congress, to seek one year of post-high school education, whether it's vocational training or college education, to create a more educated workforce that can meet the growing demand for the jobs of the future.
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The RCM says although more midwives are being employed in England, and the number of places for midwives in training is on the rise, there are still too few staff to cope with the rising demand for services.
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Earlier today, President Obama visited Lorain County Community College in Elyria, Ohio to highlight how federal job training funding is helping unemployed workers get the skills they need to compete for jobs in high-demand, high-growth industries.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the President will visit Lorain County Community College in Elyria, Ohio to highlight how federal job training funding is providing critical services for unemployed workers and helping them to get jobs in high-demand, high-growth industries.
By focusing on times and places of peak demand, he's cut response times and saved money which he's invested in extra training.
David Edwards, chief executive of ECITB, said the rate of recruitment and training of technicians and engineers had to double within the next five years if the industry was to meet the strategic demand.
Prof John Howson, who has monitored these figures for the past 10 years, said that unless the demand for graduates elsewhere in the economy experienced a downturn, it was difficult to see how all teacher training places would be filled this year.
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