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The Small Business Administration's (SBA) collaboration with the Department of Labor helps ensure that states have tools and resources to begin and sustain successful training programs for entrepreneurs and gig/sharing economy workers.

Employers, educators and workforce system professionals can use the Competency Models Clearinghouse to understand and identify the skill sets and competencies that are essential to educate and train a globally competitive workforce for the...

This product is a curriculum designed to teach students at three area high schools the importance of soft skills--e.g., integrity, teamwork, communication, interpersonal relations--in the workplace.  It includes lesson plans, PowerPoints, quizzes...

As a follow-up to the RTW Conference, RTW grantee EmployIndy shared its strategies for implementing, administering, and delivering a highly successful supportive services program, with an emphasis on soft skills.

This report examines the characteristics of American workers in the service industry who have low literacy, numeracy, and technology skills and provides employers and policy makers with strategies for improving these skills. This report is...

Summarizes the findings from a survey with freelance technology contract workers, focus groups, and interviews with the companies that hire them; and describes strategies that the San Francisco workforce development system is piloting to better...

This survey of entrepreneurs' observations regarding their own success or failure in starting small businesses offers insights into conditions that can more efficiently foster entrepreneurship and the gig/sharing economy.

This resource offers a clear and user-friendly road map for administrators, service providers, practitioners, and policy makers seeking to develop career pathway systems at local regional, and/or state levels.

Looking to adopt or improve services to drive employment outcomes for veterans with Disabilities?  This resource may be just what you need.  States and local areas typically have a wealth of stand-alone services for job seekers but it's not until...

This report examines the characteristics of American workers in the service industry who have low literacy, numeracy, and technology skills and provides employers and policy makers with strategies for improving these skills. This report is...