ACT's Workforce2010 Conference convened top workforce leaders in Philadelphia

Hundreds of the nation’s top workforce development leaders met in Philadelphia for ACT’s Workforce 2010 Conference to discuss some of the most pressing issues facing the country and its economic health. Keynote speakers included Andy Levin, Chief Workforce Officer for the State of Michigan and Martin Scaglione, President of ACT’s Workforce Development Division. Topics centered on preparing our nation’s workforce for careers and the respective roles of state government, WIA, community colleges, and secondary education.

It is clear that the National Career Readiness Certificate and its supporting skills development tools, KeyTrain and Career Ready 101, play an important role in the national movement to create, document, and maintain a skilled workforce. Sessions throughout the three-day conference demonstrated the importance of these foundational skill-building tools in closing the nation’s skills gap and in preparing our future workforce for careers that will provide livable wages and will sustain the US economy.

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