1 Ready to Work Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Justice, Transportation, Veterans Affairs, the Social Security Administration, and Environmental Protection Agency, and from the expertise of the Department of the Treasury, the National Science Foundation, and the Office of Personnel Management. The Presidential Memorandum on Job-Driven Training for Workers emphasized the importance of looking beyond our federal programs and agencies for answers and best practices, stating specifically that the Vice President and Secretaries “….shall consult with industry, employers and employer associations, state and local leaders, economic development organizations, worker representatives, education and training providers, workforce leaders, and relevant non-profit organizations.” Consistent with that mandate, our job-driven training review included dialogue with governors, mayors, and county officials from across the country; Congressional leaders from both parties; economists who study labor markets and job opportunity; innovative and successful Job-Driven Training Review Consulted workforce and training practitioners serving Stakeholders Americans in all walks of life; labor unions whose apprenticeship programs have Employers, CEOs, small business owners shown millions of Americans a path to middle-class jobs; educators in high school Educational leaders at community colleges, career academies, community colleges and universities, and high school CTE programs universities; and some of our country’s most Workforce and job training partnerships, brilliant social entrepreneurs and American Job Centers, community leaders technology innovators. Union apprenticeship programs and labor- We engaged with employers large and small management partnerships in every part of the country, business leaders across virtually all American Tech innovators and social entrepreneurs industries, human resource executives, and Job seekers, workers, and students hiring managers to understand what it will take for employers to fill the jobs they need Public servants in state and federal agencies today and will need tomorrow with skilled American workers, and what it would mean Academic researchers and policy experts to their prospects for expansion and State and local elected officials success in a global marketplace. Members of Congress in both parties Most importantly, we heard from Americans working hard to earn a living, to find a new job, to build a career or become an entrepreneur, to bounce back from a temporary setback, to balance work and family commitments while investing in their own skills, and to reap the rewards of their hard work. In conversations with employers, workers, and training institutions, we heard three consistent problems: 5