mike workforce 1The White House Summit on Upskilling America's Workforce will be headed up by Vice President Joe Biden and feature numerous business executives and labor officials from around the country discussing job training issues. Optimax said this week it was creating a new apprenticeship program to go along with its community college tuition reimbursement benefit for employees.

That “upskill” message has been a frequent one of the Obama administration as it has pushed for more training to fill unfilled jobs.

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