As part of our commemoration of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, the department has been sharing the latest data highlighting the status of Asian-American and Pacific Islanders in our nation’s labor market. Secretary Perez kicked off the blog series by talking about the overall employment situation for AAPI communities, and Deputy Secretary Chris Lu followed with […]
Unemployment Challenges for AAPI Workers
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Partnering to Prepare High School Students for College and Careers
Making sure our high school students are college and career-ready is major focus of President Obama’s jobs-driven training agenda, and is also central his goal for the United States to lead the world in college completion by 2020. That’s why, as we prepare for the upcoming school year, the departments of Education, Health and Human […]
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A Bold Idea Endures: 50 Years of Job Corps
Editor’s note: As we continue to post Job Corps stories in honor of its 50th anniversary, we want to hear from you. Submit your story through our Web form here − or share on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram using the hashtag #JobCorps50. Fifty years ago this summer, President Lyndon B. Johnson launched a series of […]
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50 Years of Helping Farmworkers
For years, Julian performed the incredibly hard work of harvesting onions and vegetables at a farm in upstate New York, making only $8.50 an hour. As a seasonal farm worker, the pay was barely enough to take care of his family. He wanted to make a change, learn some new skills and start a new […]
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Libraries and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
Editor’s Note: This article is cross-posted on the IMLS UpNext! blog and the Department of Education blog here. Our agencies have long recognized the role of libraries to help meet the workforce training and job search needs of the American public. At the height of the recession, more than 30 million people reported using library computers for workforce related […]
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Creating More Flexibility to Serve Youth
Secretary Perez is focused on promoting shared prosperity – so that everyone in America has the opportunity to benefit from our growing economy. But for over six million of our youth who are out of school and not working, these opportunities are hard to come by. Coming from low-income communities, through the foster care or juvenile […]
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