The Business Relations Group (BRG) is leading the workforce investment system's transition to a demand-driven system and to institutionalize this shift at the federal, state and local level. The BRG seeks to do this through two primary initiatives.

The President's High Growth Job Training Initiative
The President's High Growth Job Training is a strategic effort to prepare workers to take advantage of new and increasing job opportunities in high growth/high demand and economically vital industries and sectors of the American economy. The foundation of this initiative is partnerships that include the public workforce system, business and industry, education and training providers, and economic development.

The President also wants to strengthen the role of community colleges in promoting the U.S. workforce's full potential through Community-Based Job Training Grants, a new, employer-focused competitive grant program for training in community and technical colleges.

Partnership for Jobs
The publicly funded workforce investment system is a state and local network of resources to assist businesses in recruiting, training, and retaining a skilled workforce. The Partnerships for Jobs Initiative was created within the Business Relations Group to assist business in connecting to the services of the publicly funded workforce system and to develop national business partnerships. The partnerships are designed to ensure that large multi-state businesses remain connected to the full range of services available through local and state workforce systems.