President George W. Bush
"All the worker wants is to be helped, to be given the skills necessary to realize his or her dreams. The High Growth Job Training Initiative in this administration is aiming to do just that. It's a collaborative effort with community colleges to help team up people with the jobs that are needed, to make sure that the changes in our economy don't leave people behind." ~Labor Day 2003

The President's High Growth Job Training Initiative, as implemented by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration, is designed to provide national leadership for a demand-driven workforce system that ensures no worker is left behind.

The foundation of this initiative is partnerships that include the public workforce system, business and industry, education and training providers, and economic development working collaboratively to develop solutions to the workforce challenges facing these industries and to develop maximum access for American workers to gain the competencies they need to get good jobs in these industries.

• Industry representatives define the workforce challenges, e.g., getting career and skill information to young people charting their education and career courses; accessing new labor pools; defining core competencies for success on the job; training workers; building the capacity of educational institutions to train workers.
• Community colleges and other education and training providers assist in developing competency models and curricula to build core competencies, and train workers.
• The public workforce system accesses human capital (youth, unemployed and dislocated workers) and places trained workers in jobs.

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