2018 Workforce Technology Report: A Changing Workforce Development Landscape

A Changing Workforce Development Landscape: The Current State of Data Technology Systems and Preparing for What Lies Ahead explores how emerging data-driven information technologies can help align workforce program processes within the parameters of WIOA mandated reforms.

The report offers an assessment of the current state of workforce data systems and examines the processes currently in place to meet the data innovation challenges of state workforce agencies and local workforce boards as they work to meet policy reforms.  

As state workforce agencies and local workforce boards strive to design increasingly more agile technology systems that can meet the future demands of job seekers and employers within the constraints of evolving policy requirements.

Additionally, NASWA and NAWB offer a set of recommendations to help prepare the workforce technology ecosystem for both the immediate and long-term future.