Most workforce programs provide a short burst of cash, to tide people over until they can get back to work, or help young people earn a degree so they can land a higher-paying job. They’re designed to help the short-term unemployed, notes Carl Van Horn, the director of the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers. “But that’s not the kind of economy that we experienced in the recession and its aftermath.”
Heldrich Center Releases New Work Trends Brief and Website
The Heldrich Center for Workforce Development is pleased to announce the availability of two new research products resulting from its long-running public opinion polling series, Work Trends. To better understand the public’s attitudes about work, employers, and the...