| Skilled workers are becoming pawns in a battle between powerful employers in the tight job market. Increasingly, employers are being forced to fight for the attention of employees as the skills shortage tightens. When was the last time you assessed the skills of your workforce? From basic skills to more technical, professional, management, and leadership skills, does your workforce possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities to move your business to the next stage of success?
ASTD St. Louis is honored to have Michael Ferraro presenting "Bridging the Skills Gap: How the Skills Shortage Threatens Growth and Competitiveness.and What to do About It," examines what business leaders and learning professionals can do to assess the severity of the skills gaps their organizations face, and how to close those gaps to contribute to the growth and success of their organizations.
"Bridging the Skills Gap" also provides recommendations to government for streamlining training programs and services to help individuals access learning opportunities, and help organizations hire and develop skilled talent.
Our Speaker:
C. Michael Ferraro is the CEO and President of TRAINING SOLUTIONS, Inc., and has an extensive background of more than 30 years in management, training and human resources.
Michael helps clients connect to the publicly funded workforce system by mapping out individual federal, state and local opportunities for our clients to engage and access public resources for their firms.
His company also services clients with online hiring assessment tools, direct training product sales and strategic planning facilitation. Other consulting services include executive coaching, workforce consulting and HR administration.
Michael's area of involvement in workplace learning and development, including the work with clients to help meet their training and performance goals, include:
* Member of the local board of directors for the ASTD Metro DC chapter.
* Has served as an active member of the ASTD Public Policy committee.
* Michael has spent time on both the State of Virginia's workforce and served as Vice-Chair of the local workforce board in Northern Virginia. His goals were to help set policies and accountability measures in place for the millions of dollars spent by Virginia in worker training programs.
* Michael served on the Virginia Workforce Study Commission, a group of 15 Virginians who spent a year analyzing worker training programs in Virginia and made many recommendations to the Virginia General Assembly on legislation to streamline and to bring more accountability to worker training programs in Virginia.
Sticky Session:
June 13 , 2008
7:30 A.M. - 9:00 A.M.
Alliance Fracaise
8505 Delmar, Ste. G
St. Louis, MO 63130
Members Only!
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