A healthy workforce system

After writing about how hospital procedures can be transferred to case management, I thought about other ways that workforce development relates to healthcare. Here are some quick illustrations of the workforce-healthcare metaphor:



Onestop career centers see customers who need to regain work health, don't know their options, need intensive immediate assistance, or have suffered work "accidents," such as layoffs. Onestop staff direct customers to other parts of the workforce system after assessment.



Occupational skills training (community colleges, industry-developed training, vocational schools) is accessed by individuals with good work health who want to enhance their abilities or those who need to strengthen their skills.



Workforce investment boards provide direction and explore solutions based on their analysis of system health. Their leadership connects multiple stakeholders.



A healthy system yields productive workers, better business, and stronger communities.