Nationally Recognized Practices

Publications

Training, Inc. programs are nationally recognized for excellent results and innovative workforce development practices, as seen in these publications featuring Training, Inc. :
 
Training, Inc. Indianapolis is featured in a new August 2006 report from Public/Private Ventures, Good Stories Aren't Enough...Using Outcome Data to Improve Performance, highlighting Training, Inc.'s work with performance data and building an outcomes-driven culture.  This is a good example of Training, Inc.'s focus on "learning organization" as a core practice. 

By Design – Engaging Employers in Workforce Development Organizations
Report, 2003, Public/Private Ventures
Features Training, Inc. strategies for developing strong employer partnerships through active volunteer engagement, as seen at YMCA Training, Inc. in Boston. 

Hard Work on Soft Skills – Creating the Culture of Work in Workforce Development
Report and Video, 2001, Public/Private Ventures
Highlights Training, Inc.'s core practice of "workplace simulation" as a critical strategy for strengthening participant soft skills, building self-confidence and meeting employer needs.   The report features YMCA Training,  Inc. in Boston.

Media Coverage

Wall Street Journal, 8/2/05, "Unemployed Executives Find Coaching Others Helps Their Own Hunt"
This article highlights Training, Inc.'s win/win partnership with New Directions, a Boston organization which involves unemployed executives as volunteer mentors and coaches for TI trainees.

The Boston Globe, 4/20/04, "Help Needed"
This editorial features YMCA Training, Inc. as an example of "programs that work" by putting workers on career ladders in growing fields, but which face immense challenges from reductions in state and federal funding.

The Christian Science Monitor, 5/21/02, "Is job training next for the war on poverty?"
This article focuses on Training, Inc. as a "model for keeping former welfare recipients out of poverty," because of its comprehensive focus on technical job skills and life management skills.

Research

Gearing Up:  An Interim Report on the Sectoral Employment Initiative, Public/Private Ventures, September 2001
This report describes the work and successful results of Newark's Essex County College Training, Inc. with employers in the information technology sector, as one of 10 organizations funded through an initiative of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. 

Enhancing Job Retention and Advancement:  The Challenge of Changing Cultures, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce, July 2003
This report describes results and learnings from the PASS Project (Practices for Advancement Success), a joint initiative of Training, Inc. affiliates in Chicago and Indianapolis which was funded by the Joyce Foundation.