The Workforce for the 21st Century

Abstract

Aim/Purpose: In today’s changing economy, economic growth depends on career and technical programs for skill training. Background: This study discusses the key area in promoting individual learning and skill training and discusses the importance of career education and training as a way of promoting economic growth. Methodology : This study uses a qualitative study approach to investigate and report on the status and influence of Workforce Education and Development and its economic importance. Contribution: This report contributes to the knowledge base common to all work settings that can solve many human performance problems in the workplace. Findings: This study also justifies and validates the ideas on the importance of workforce education and development in the 21st century as a way of developing economic growth and providing learning to make individuals competitive in the global economy. Recommendations for Practitioners : For practitioners, this study suggests that we must always have discussions of what leads to career success and understanding that there is not enough high-skill/high-wage employment to go around. Therefore, developing these skills requires a decision about a career or related group of jobs to prepare to compete for them; we have to provide training needed in order to be competitive in global economy. Recommendation for Researchers: Researchers have to develop strategies to promote career direction with willingness to evaluate the level of academic interest, level of career focus and readiness for life away from home (attitudes, skills and knowledge of self). Impact on Society: Institutions must regularly evaluate curriculum to reflect the rapid technological changes and the globalization of world markets that reflect their mission and develop students’ mindset to always think big and think outside the box in order to be competitive in the global market. Change is external, transition is internal. It is important that the change agent communicate both the reasons for change and the probable consequences that people will experience during the time of this change, which is transition – a change people go through when they become unemployed or face a major employment obstacle in their lives. Future Research: New research should focus on career assessment materials and related academic programs and career directions that will promote success.

Western Pacific Teachers’ Perceptions of Implementing Technology in the Classroom

“…For a nation to be competitive in a global economy, its human capital (workers) must be trained and educated to develop its natural resources and improve productivity and technology 7 . It is crucial to prepare students today and in the future with the skills, knowledge, and tools demanded with globalization and technological advancement 8 . When students enter the real world, they need to be equipped with the knowledge and skills to be productive employees.…”

Collateral Effects of COVID-19 on Non-Communicable Diseases Among Minority Populations

“…In modern democracy, healthcare is a human right; social origin and or identity is a fundamental principle. Equality without any distinction, regardless of where you are in the world, is what human rights stand for and access to quality health must apply equally to all people regardless of race and ethnicity, without discrimination [1]. The implicit normative implication on healthcare in America seems straightforward; if you are rich and educated with a good career, you have the option of having access to quality healthcare; insurance is available through jobs or paying out of pocket fora member the so-called Caucasian majority or privileged.…”

“…Health equity is a fair distribution of the costs of health services and the benefits, obtained from the use among different groups in the population. Indicators of who pays for health services and who receives benefits provides evidence on the basis of which judgments can be made by the degree of equity achieved by particular health systems; as such, equity is expressed in two different ways, as horizontal and vertical equity [1]. Horizontal equity is defined as equity between individuals with the same health care needs.…”

“…Vertical equity is defined as individuals with unequal needs receiving unequal or different health care [4]. Efficiency is defined in two different dimensions, as macroeconomic efficiency that refers to the total costs of the health system in relation to the overall health status of a country, while microeconomic efficiency simply refers to the scope of achieving greater efficiency from existing resources [1].…”

Assessing Public Health Workforce Informatics Competencies: A Study of 3 District Health Departments in Georgia

“…According to O'Lawrence, “Technology is only as good as the ingenuity of those who can both maintain and use it to its fullest potential,”13 (p068) thus calling for the need for a skilled workforce that is competent in the public health application of technology, including PHI. Previous assessments of the health informatics capacity of health departments in the United States have found that public health employees have training gaps in many aspects of informatics, including those related to core public health practice.…”