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Promising Futures: Promising Practices In Information Technology Training For Disadvantaged Adults
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@MISC{Chapple_promisingfutures:,
author = {Karen Chapple and Matthew A. Zook},
title = {Promising Futures: Promising Practices In Information Technology Training For Disadvantaged Adults},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
: The rise of the new information-intensive economy has led many to argue that (1) the decreasing importance of place allows firms to relocate knowledge-based jobs to low-cost locations around the world and (2) the increasing bifurcation of the occupational structure, accompanied by the unequal access to information technology in a "Digital Divide," leaves few alternatives to dead-end service and retail jobs for inner-city residents. Based upon Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational projections and over 200 interviews with IT employers, training programs, and business associations, this paper suggests that the demand for IT labor that is based in the region remains very strong; entry-level IT occupations are both maturing and downskilling, making them increasingly accessible to less-educated workers; and the level of capacity and expertise available in existing community-based training institutions has enabled them to help prepare disadvantaged adults for jobs with career ladders in t...
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disadvantaged adult information technology training promising practice inner-city resident occupational structure knowledge-based job unequal access business association labor statistic occupational projection dead-end service low-cost location retail job new information-intensive economy less-educated worker career ladder community-based training institution entry-level occupation digital divide information technology
