Video: Council, Senators Discuss Workforce Skills, SkillTV Wins Award for Coverage

Watch the briefing with Council on Competitiveness, Senator Max Baucus, and Senator Richard Lugar discussing workforce skills.

Joel Leonard of SkillTV received the Midwest Gold Award for a Regular Contributed Column in a publication of 80,000 or more from the American Society of Business Publication Editors for "Washington Gets An 'Aha!' Moment," an article about SkillTV's coverage of the Council's Senate briefing:

"How can U.S. companies compete in a global marketplace when the rest of the world is quickly catching up to the United States’ enterprising advantages? How can businesses succeed when the majority of our skilled workforce is entering retirement age?

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"The visit to Washington, D.C., was a dream trip. Council on Competitiveness members and Sens. Max Baucus and Richard Lugar convened a briefing on Capitol Hill to address how the United States can achieve a competitive advantage in the global skills race. The briefing was held in conjunction with the release of the Council’s latest report, Thrive. The Skills Imperative, calling for a national agenda to bolster U.S. workforce skills and ensure a rising standard of living for all Americans."

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