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Workforce development expert joins Creative Associates International
[/vc_column_text][/vc_coluna][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=””][largura da coluna_vc=”2/3″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=”” width=”7/12″][vc_column_text]An expert in developing economic growth projects that have improved the livelihoods of tens of thousands of people has joined Creative Associates International, the global development organization announced.
Katy Vickland, an expert in workforce development—inclusive value chains and local capacity building—will guide Creative’s teams working to address the challenges of high unemployment and poverty in vulnerable groups such as at-risk youth.
Vickland specializes in developing public-private partnerships for workforce development programs that strengthen connections among youth, business, civil society and training institutions.
“To be effective, it is imperative that workforce development programs be targeted to the needs of employers in growing sectors,” says Vickland. “Even in high unemployment environments such as Central America, we typically find job vacancies going unfilled because workforce programs aren’t preparing youth with the vocational and soft skills they need to succeed.”
From Afeganistão para China para América Central, Creative’s workforce development programs partner with governments, the private sector and civil society to develop targeted vocational and “soft skills” training programs to ensure that the capacities of the workforce match the demands of the market. Soft skills are the skills, behaviors and attitudes that enable workers to perform well on the job and in achieving other life goals.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=”” width=”5/12″][featured_post_func title=”Creative’s approach to workforce development” link=”www.creativeassociatesinternational.com/multimedia/washington-d-c-creatives-approach-to-workforce-development/” link_title=”Watch Video” video_v=”134766477″ description=”Creative approaches workforce development as part of a comprehensive approach to youth development as well as risk reduction, matching training programs with the needs of employers in growing sectors and opening opportunities for individuals and their communities.” img=”12624″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Prior to Creative, Vickland was a Vice President of CARANA Corp., where she managed workforce and value chain development projects across Latin America and the Caribbean—from training more than 14,000 workers in El Salvador for a new or improved job, to assisting hundreds of Nicaraguan youth to start or grow a successful small business.
In her more than 25 years of experience leading successful workforce development and economic growth initiatives for public sector, nonprofit and corporate clients, Vickland has led project teams across the globe including Latin and Central America, Eastern and Central Europe, Ásia, Africa and the United States.
She holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy, with a concentration in International Development, from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Carleton College.
Sobre Creative Associates Internacional
Creative Associates International works with underserved communities by sharing expertise and experience and building local capacity in education, crescimento económico, governação e transições do conflito para a paz.
Com sede em Washington, DC, A Creative tem projetos ativos em mais de 15 países. Desde 1977, funcionou em quase 90 países e em quase todos os continentes. Reconhecido por sua capacidade de trabalhar rapidamente, de forma flexível e eficaz em ambientes afetados por conflitos, A Creative está comprometida em gerar soluções sustentáveis de longo prazo para problemas complexos de desenvolvimento.
Iniciado por quatro mulheres empreendedoras com experiências diversas, A Creative cresceu e se tornou uma das líderes entre os EUA. implementadores do setor privado de projetos de desenvolvimento global. A Creative pertence e é operada por minorias.[/vc_column_text][/vc_coluna][largura da coluna_vc=”1/12″][/vc_coluna][largura da coluna_vc=”1/4″][vc_widget_sidebar barra lateral_id=”barra lateral primária”][/vc_coluna][/vc_row]