Updating the Higher Education Act to reflect current labor market needs and supporting work-based skills training are two of the top priorities for workforce development policy in 2019.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/shrm/talentacquisition/~3/52BAWf0CE40/workforce-skills-programs-need-more-funding-policy-reforms.aspx

When information surfaces that an applicant has a criminal past—regardless of how much time has elapsed since the crime, the nature of the offense or other circumstances—employers and HR professionals tend to reject the applicant. This risk aversion is understandable but regrettable. Employees with criminal pasts are no more likely to misbehave, perform poorly or create a liability risk than other workers. And in a tight labor market, employers can’t afford to automatically eliminate from consideration the nearly 700,000 men and women who are released from prison each year.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/shrm/talentacquisition/~3/EnHSAyhbm9c/putting-humanity-into-hr-compliance-try-second-chance-employment.aspx

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/shrm/talentacquisition/~3/nYGODm8LoSs/the-blue-collar-drought.aspx

The 35-day federal government shutdown didn’t hinder the labor market’s historic streak of positive job gains from continuing in 2019, according to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/shrm/talentacquisition/~3/aAYVKBOPCq4/us-adds-over-300k-jobs-january-2019.aspx