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oberliner

(58,724 posts)
30. Workforce skills and job training
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 08:22 AM
Nov 2016

Every American should be able to learn the skills they need to compete and succeed.

Americans need to be able to get ahead and stay ahead—that means putting the next generation of well-paying jobs within reach for everyone who is willing to work hard. Hillary Clinton believes that every American—especially young people—should be able to learn the skills they need to get hired, seize new opportunities at work, get promoted, and contribute in a 21st-century workforce.

Hillary’s workforce and skills agenda will help people get good jobs with good wages throughout their careers:

For workers and job-seekers, this means providing more robust, coherent, and accessible training programs and resources that are up to date for 21st-century technology and that lead to good jobs and lifelong skills and credentials.

For training providers, Hillary will ensure that good programs that provide high-quality training, including at community colleges, are given the support they need to scale up and respond to the needs of the local workforce and employers—while insisting on accountability, transparency, and results.

For government, Hillary will make sure federal, state, and local workforce development resources are used to bring together workers, unions, employers, and training providers at every level, in order to prepare workers for good jobs.

For employers, this plan encourages businesses to invest in their workers for the long term through training, apprenticeships, and creating good jobs.

As part of this agenda, Hillary is calling for a tax credit for businesses that hire apprentices, providing much needed on-the-job training—especially for young Americans.

Her plan would put forward a tax credit for businesses of $1,500 per apprentice and would insist on accountability for employment and earnings outcomes for programs receiving the credit. Hillary’s plan will also grant a bonus on that tax credit to businesses for providing opportunities specifically for young people.

https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/workforce-and-skills/

A hell of a lot more Obama voters... sfwriter Nov 2016 #1
NO! Their actions elected trump period. The damage that will be done in the next four years will still_one Nov 2016 #4
"Growth will return in the Spring"... n/t lapfog_1 Nov 2016 #27
Isn't that ironic GummyBearz Nov 2016 #32
Good question. NanceGreggs Nov 2016 #5
Start by not calling the people whos votes you need "stupid" (nt) jack_krass Nov 2016 #15
What else do you call them? NanceGreggs Nov 2016 #16
Enigmatic. Voting is about a compromise between choice jack_krass Dec 2016 #42
No, I dont think our candidate was the problem. NanceGreggs Dec 2016 #43
I'm trying to think of another more appropriate term DFW Nov 2016 #26
That is the point Cosmocat Nov 2016 #28
I'm skeptical of this gollygee Nov 2016 #35
Exactly. NanceGreggs Nov 2016 #2
Or didn't vote at all. Yavin4 Nov 2016 #19
Exactly. n/t NanceGreggs Nov 2016 #20
K&R etherealtruth Nov 2016 #3
Yes. sheshe2 Nov 2016 #6
Spent the best part of the last three weeks Wellstone ruled Nov 2016 #7
The economy is doing very well oberliner Nov 2016 #8
Kind of miss leading stats. Wellstone ruled Nov 2016 #13
Hillary spent a lot of time and money in Ohio and Pennsylvania oberliner Nov 2016 #23
We did not offer any Wellstone ruled Nov 2016 #25
Workforce skills and job training oberliner Nov 2016 #30
I teach economics TDBroke Nov 2016 #14
This Calculating Nov 2016 #22
We can blame everybody TDBroke Nov 2016 #29
Unemployment is very low right now. Kingofalldems Nov 2016 #38
You didn't read TDBroke Nov 2016 #40
Sure did. Try again. Kingofalldems Nov 2016 #41
On what planet? Kilgore Nov 2016 #33
No, it wasn't Cosmocat Nov 2016 #36
Clinton lost and was responsible for losing. David__77 Nov 2016 #9
No. The self-identifed progressives WHO REFUSED to vote for Hillary, voted for trump by their still_one Nov 2016 #11
And, still, Clinton was responsible for losing. David__77 Nov 2016 #12
Ag, yes, Hillary is solely responsible. NanceGreggs Nov 2016 #17
Sanders lost too. David__77 Nov 2016 #18
Well, there is a large contingent of people ... NanceGreggs Nov 2016 #21
Voters are responsible for Trump. End of story. andym Nov 2016 #10
YEP! Cosmocat Nov 2016 #34
K&R betsuni Nov 2016 #24
K&R mcar Nov 2016 #31
You can tell who they are, too. yallerdawg Nov 2016 #37
People wanted a BIG CHANGE. astral Nov 2016 #39
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