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“One of the monumental challenges facing America today is the need to upgrade and update the skills of its existing workforce to keep pace with the changing demands of the workplace,” said Jennifer Sager, Coordinator of Public . Information and Development at Lord Fairfax Community College.
“As American firms invest billions of dollars in high technology equipment and processes to remain competitive in the global economy, . the gap between the basic skills of its workers and the more complex skills required in today’s workplace is widening. This mismatch of workers’ skills with exployers’ needs, combined with the fact that 85 percent of America’s present workforce will still be employed in the year 2000, reinforces the urgent need for the on-going training and retraining p(current workers,” she added. ; Project TIME contains educational training for both high school and non-high school graduates. The training will t'ake place on-site at Automotive Industries, Inc., Strasburg.
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