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Troubling Trends:
THE ECONOMIC SUCCESS OF MINNESOTANS IS CRITICALLY LINKED TO HIGHER EDUCATION AND TO INVESTMENT IN HUMAN CAPITAL.
- You know that tomorrow’s workforce will be different than today’s.
- You know that tomorrow’s workforce must be different than today’s.
An Investment in Today's Students
The mission of “preparing tomorrow’s employees” is supported through the Partners in Commerce and Education, focusing resources on needs of learner segments.
It seeks to have our chamber be the leading advocate on education K – 12 policy issues for business in the Saint Paul/East Metro area and add value to K-12 education bybringing together private and public sector to examine the most pressing issues and needs surrounding workforce development and educational reform to advance the economic vitality and increase the quality and quantity of leaders available for tomorrow’s business, and providing resources to help business develop a quality workforce.
Where
The Career Investment Scholarships offered through our Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce Charitable Foundation is one answer to the growing workforce readiness issues that face business. The Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce through its membership is delivering an opportunity to have students pursue post-secondary education to better prepare them for the skills needed in the workplace. |
A profile of the labor force in the making:
“On average tomorrow’s jobs will demand much higher levels of formal education than yesterday or today”
– “Will Tomorrow’s Workforce Match Tomorrow’s Jobs,” April 2005.
“Thirty-four percent of the region’s knowledge economy jobs are located within either Minneapolis or Saint Paul, yet only 22 percent of the knowledge economy workers live in the two cities (making quality jobs out of reach for the low-skill, low income workers who cluster in the cities)”
- Mind the Gap.
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