State of the Union Office Hours with Portia Wu 1/27/12

Portia Wu, Senior Policy Advisor for Mobility and Opportunity in the Domestic Policy Council, responds to your questions in a special State of the Union session of White House Office Hours. For the rest of the week's Office Hours schedule visit: http://www.wh.gov/sotu.

  1. Hi, this is Portia Wu. Ready to answer your questions on getting American workers the skills they need for #jobs of the future. #whchat
  2. @WHLive #WHChat Areas w/worker shortages need $ to upgrade incumbent worker's skills, result in more pay. Can DOL funds be more flexible?
  3. .@nstraw10 POTUS proposed partnerships of community colleges and business to get 2 million workers skills they need to compete #whchat
  4. USA needs skilled tradesmen - carpenters, mechanics, plumbers. What support are you giving to this training in HS or otherwise? #WHChat
  5. .@safrant POTUS' AJA recognized apprenticeships are a key pathway to skilled, middle class jobs. whitehouse.gov/the-press-offi… #whchat
  6. @WHLive What is being done to ensure that non-manufacturing/public-sector employment opportunities are also created?
  7. .@AvrilBiscombe AJA proposed $ for tens of thousands of teacher + first responder jobs and in #SOTU POTUS announced Vets Job Corps #whchat
  8. .@riyyah2 POTUS launched Summer Jobs+ to create 250,000 opportunities for young people this summer dol.gov/summerjobs #whchat
  9. @WHLive Is it really a lack of skills or just a lack of jobs? What type of needed jobs skills are u focusing on?
  10. .@77LynyrdSkynyrd Skills for in-demand fields like hi-tech health care energy STEM--our economy is creating jobs in these fields #whchat
  11. #WHChat For workforce programs, expand what works & allow flexibility: NYC has piloted & evaluated many strong programs nyc.gov/html/ceo/downl…
  12. .@DavidbCEO POTUS supports innovation+flexibility in workforce programs--$100M going to cutting edge approaches doleta.gov/workforce_inno… #whchat
  13. @WHLive great to hear. Now students need to be encouraged to pursue education in these fields.
  14. .@uphelpsr We agree! That's why POTUS is so focused on broadening STEM education whitehouse.gov/issues/educati… #whchat
  15. @WHLive glad to hear. VA manufacturing teaming with schools like ECPI to develop future workforce. Jobs are there
  16. .@uphelpsr Yes. We've invested in comm colleges dol.gov/opa/media/pres… and as POTUS said in #SOTU we're going to build on success #whchat
  17. Blueprint for an America Built to Last lays out plan to get students and workers skills they need for good jobs whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/01/2… #whchat
  18. POTUS supports creating job opps for those hardest hit by the recession--including low-income and long-term unemployed. whitehouse.gov/the-press-offi…
  19. Hey all it's been great answering your questions #jobs #skills. Keep following for new developments! Handing off to Racquel Russell. #whchat

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