Partners at the national, state, and local levels of the workforce development ecosystem must continuously design strategies and make decisions in order to maximize impacts and outcomes for students, job seekers, and businesses.
These decisions are made within the context of economic and societal shifts, such as climate change, rapid technology advancements, and the after-effects of a global pandemic, which include large federal investment to stimulate local and regional economies to respond equitably to emerging economic trends. Employer demand for workers with new and relevant skills remains high, and there is an increasing focus on expanding opportunity for individuals facing historical barriers to access good jobs.
Our Work
The Workforce Development team at AIR helps partners from across the workforce development ecosystem improve policies and programs that create pathways to good jobs for all workers and meet the talent needs of businesses.
We have worked at the federal, state, and local levels of the public workforce system and understand firsthand the choices that partners make about how to best use resources to serve customers. We collaborate with industry, workforce, and education partners to design, implement, and improve talent development solutions that keep pace with changing workforce dynamics.
Our team of experts serve as thought and implementation partners to our clients by supporting change management and facilitating strategic and action planning. We provide a wide variety of services, ranging from customized learning and professional development resources to providing coaching and facilitating peer learning strategies.
AIR’s workforce development team works across a range of topics, including:
- Apprenticeship and Work-Based Learning
- Business Engagement
- Career and Technical Education
- Career Pathways
- Clean Energy Workforce
- Health Workforce
- Sector Strategies
- Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act Programs
- Unemployment Insurance
In all our work, we are driven to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion across the workforce development ecosystem. We place job seekers’ and workers’ well-being and success at the center of our work, and help our clients do the same.
