Ep. 198: Immigrants and Adults in the Workforce Development System

About this episode

The episode discusses the role of immigrants in addressing skills gaps within the workforce development system.

In this week's episode, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown sits down with Amanda Bergson- Shilcock , senior fellow at the National Skills Coalition , to discuss the importance of our workforce development system, the urgent need to address skills gaps and the role that immigrants can play in meeting them. It's a workforce-centric episode on This Week in Immigration . National Skills Coalition: https://nationalskillscoalition.org/ Amanda Bergson- Shilcock : https://nationalskillscoalition.org/about-us/staff/amanda-bergson-shilcock/ Building a Stronger Workforce: Why Care Workers need Skills,Training, Career Pathways and Support Services: https://nationalskillscoalitio n .org/resource/publications/building-a-stronger-workforce/

People in this episode

Host: Theresa Cardinal Brown

Guest: Amanda Bergson- Shilcock

Topics covered

• workforce development
• skills gaps
• immigrants in workforce
• employment
• training

Keywords

• workforce development
• skills gaps
• immigrants
• employment
• training
• National Skills Coalition

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National Skills Coalition

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