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The big three: Employment, training & the economy

August 31, 2011

At a briefing Monday, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis spoke about the need for more employment opportunities for the 9.1% of Americans out of work and the role government can play in facilitating job creation. “The priority is to connect with the businesses, so that we’re not training people for jobs that don’t exist, but for jobs that are open,” Solis said, highlighting the green industry, information technology and battery-operated cars companies as examples of industries…

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