News Release
ETA News Release: [08/22/2003]
Contacts: Lisa
Kruska
Phone Number: (202) 693-4676
Employment and Training Official Will Focus on High Growth Job Training Initiative
ANNAPOLIS, Md.Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training Emily Stover DeRocco will discuss the need to increase the number of skilled health-care workers in a keynote address on Aug. 28, 2003, at the Maryland Health-Care Workforce Summit in Annapolis, Md.
The summit will bring together members of the health-care industry representing more than 650 employers, leaders from state licensing boards, and the state educational system. DeRoccos remarks will highlight the Bush Administrations High Growth Job Training Initiative as a major response to the healthcare industrys worker shortage.
President Bush and Secretary of Labor Chao believe that preparing skilled workers for available jobs is the key to the success of a demand-driven workforce investment system, said DeRocco. Hearing from industry leaders is paramount in meeting the needs of healthcare employers and in helping to provide workers with the skills necessary for a prosperous future.
As part of the High Growth Job Training Initiative, the U.S. Labor Department conducts extensive industry research to identify expanding industries; convenes forums with executives and human resource professionals to determine workforce gaps in the industry; and, in partnership with employers, educational institutions and workforce leaders, develops a plan to address business needs.
DeRoccos participation in the summit is the latest in a continuous effort by the Bush Administration to hear directly from industry leaders about employment and training needs.
Event: Maryland Healthcare Workforce Summit:
Keynote speech by
Assistant Secretary of Labor Emily Stover DeRocco
Date and Time: Thursday, August 28, 2003
10:15
a.m.Keynote speech
Location: Loews Annapolis Hotel
126 West St.
Annapolis,
Md.
Contact: Lorette Post: (202) 693-3984
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