Workforce literacy in an information age: Policy recommendations for developing an equitable high-tech skills workforce
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https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v5i7.773Abstract
A new relationship between educational institutions and companies needs to be formed, by bringing students into small and medium enterprise in an effort to prepare students with information technology skills while simultaneously providing companies with high-tech workers. Currently, more than one million information technology openings will be available in the year 2000 in companies with 50 to 99 employees and it is estimated that more than 800,000 positions will remain unfilled. By envisioning a new relationship between schools and smaller companies, a new workforce literacy program can serve to not only alleviate the current IT shortage but to also provide equal job opportunity for disadvantaged and traditionally disenfranchised students.Downloads
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2000-07-03
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Slowinski, J. (2000). Workforce literacy in an information age: Policy recommendations for developing an equitable high-tech skills workforce. First Monday, 5(7). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v5i7.773
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