ACT Calls for National Skills Credentialing System

Report Outlines Solution to Skills Crisis

(IOWA CITY) ACT, Inc. released a report presenting the case that we need to intensify national efforts to improve and validate the skills of our current and prospective workforce in order to correct the mismatch between skill demand and supply. The report sets forth the reasons why America needs a national workforce skills credentialing system.

Entitled “Breaking New Ground: Building a National Workforce Skills Credentialing System,” the report provides a framework for discussion among educators, employers, workforce development officials and other key stakeholders. “Our intention is to spark meaningful discussion,” said ACT CEO Jon Whitmore. “If we can inspire leaders to coalesce around the notion of a national workforce credentialing system, we can help shape a new direction for the workforce of the future.”

The report highlights a number of critical workforce development trends.  The report is available on the ACT website.