business backgrounder | employment & workplace
This online program offers a predictable and legally defensible assessment that identifies soft skills for a
particular job. This way, an employer can get the right person for the right job.
In addition to the Work Ready Assessment, the AWB Institute offers many other workforce training tools
including WorkForceCollege.com and Lifelong Learning Accounts and it assists employers in developing
requests for the Job Skills Program and Customized Training Program through the community and technical
college system (see sidebar on page 39).
“Washingtonians are in difficult times
and it’s not acceptable to have people lacking
the skills for the jobs available today.
We’re doing everything we can to close the gaps
by providing the training students need
and employers demand.”
aerospace reaches out
One of the developing success stories in
Washington’s workforce training system is
the aerospace industry. Spearheaded by The
Boeing Company and groups such as Ae