Gina Raimondo

That's also a bad idea.

Every one of you know a job's more than a paycheck.

It's dignity, it's purpose, it's pride.

Without purposeful work, a society unravels.

So what are the elements of an effective transition plan?

Unfortunately, as I stand here today, I don't know the exact details.

But here's what I do know.

I know it's rooted in a new grand bargain between government and business.

I know it means tearing down the wall we've had for so long between school and jobs.

And I know industry, every company, needs to help lead the transition.

And here is what I know more than anything else.

I know if we are determined, we can make it happen.

At a minimum, we need massive changes in both our workforce training system and our career transition support system.

In an effective workforce training system, employers define where work is today, what skills are needed, where it's going, and then schools and government training programs prepare people to get there.

That is not what we have today.

Today, in our country, we spend hundreds of billions of dollars to incentivize enrollment in college, without regard to whether people get a degree, the skills they need for a job or a job.

The truth is, and you all know this, government and schools don't know the skills employers need today or will need tomorrow.

Industry has the most accurate and dynamic view.

By the way, I've seen this be successful as governor and secretary of commerce.

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