Workplace Learning

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Workforce Training-
There's no tip-toeing around it: America needs better workforce training. I have experienced the need first-hand. Companies have been and are lately (mainly due to the economy) ignoring the need for training or cutting out training programs altogether. This is something that should not be allowed to happen. I'm sure the companies could find better places to trim fat than to jeopardize the future of an organizations competent and precise operation abilities.

To summarize, the articles are getting to mainly two basic points, and those are that workforce training is suffering and America, as a functioning workforce, is falling behind quickly.

Addressing Congress in mid-2008, Bill gates has mentioned himself that-

"our position as the global leader in innovation is at risk."

To me, this is sad. Capitalism is great, but penny pinching in the training department isn't something that should be allowed to fly. It doesn't just impact the money being saved by an individual or corporation, it effects everyone in the near future.

This all stems back to education and how our culture sees it. Many third world and rising economies are far more focused on achieving than Americans. This in turn creates a need for more workplace training, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it's not great. Workplace training should be necessary as a sort of orientation and job shadowing is a must, but were students better prepared before entering the work world, competition may not be so stiff.