President of Imperial Consulting Corporation, and author of the important and visionary book Winning the Global Talent Showdown: How Businesses and Communities Can Partner to Rebuild the Jobs Pipeline, Edward E. Gordon, describes how even in a recession, the USA, Canada, and the rest of the world face a talent shortage in many fields. He discusses how communities can partner with business to enhance employment opportunities. He shares his ideas for solving the talent crisis through education, workplace experience, internships, apprenticeships and leadership programs.
Edward E. Gordon is my internet radio show guest on Blog Business Success; hosted live on Blog Talk Radio.
The show airs live on Thursday, April 30, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.
President of Imperial Consulting Corporation, and author of the important and visionary book Winning the Global Talent Showdown: How Businesses and Communities Can Partner to Rebuild the Jobs Pipeline, Edward E. Gordon, describes how even in a recession, the USA and the rest of the world face a talent shortage in many fields. You will learn:
* Why there is a growing skilled worker shortage even in a down economy
* Why immigration and offshoring are not real solutions to the problem
* How the economy is changing to what the author calls a Cyber-Mental Age
* How your business and community can solve the growing skills shortage
Edward E. Gordon (photo left) is a leader with vision. As President of Imperial Consulting Corporation in Chicago and Palm Desert, California, he is a talent availability expert who applies a multidisciplinary approach to today's complex workforce and economic development issues.
Ed Gordon is a recognized international expert on training, careers, and education related to business and economic development. During his over thirty years of consulting, Ed has assisted many varied clients including: Microsoft, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Sonnenschein, Nath, and Rosenthal, Motorola, Metra Rail, the Jacksonville Community Council, the American Institute for Research, the U.S. Departments of Education and Labor, state agencies of California, Delaware, Indiana, Kansas, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina, as well as universities, school systems, non-profit organizations, and trade or professional associations.
Ed Gordon is the author or co-author of 17 books including Winning the Global Talent Showdown: How Businesses and Communities Can Partner to Rebuild the Jobs Pipeline, The 2010 Meltdown, Skill Wars, FutureWork, Closing the Literacy Gap in American Business, Opportunities in Training and Development Careers, Literacy in America, The Tutoring Revolution, Peer Tutoring: A Teacher's Resource Guide and Tutor Quest.
Wdward Gordon has been quoted in or written over 200 articles in major newspapers, popular magazines, business publications, and education journals. His media experience includes the CBS Network's, "The Early Show," CNN, NBC, Bloomberg TV, WGN, NPR, USA Radio, and Yahoo. As a professional speaker, he has been heard by over 300,000 people and millions on television and radio.
Ed Gordon has taught courses in business, education, and history for 20 years at three Chicago-area universities: DePaul, Loyola, and Northwestern. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Better Business Bureau of Chicago and Northern Illinois and is chairman of the board for their Better Business Bureau Foundation. Ed also is a member of the Quality Workforce Committee of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce and the Youth Policy Committee of the Chicago Workforce Board and is on the Advisory Board of Trend Letter. Edward Gordon previously served on the Board of Trustees of Moraine Valley Community College and the Board of Directors of the Illinois Literacy Resource Development Center.
My book review of Winning the Global Talent Showdown: How Businesses and Communities Can Partner to Rebuild the Jobs Pipeline by Edward E. Gordon.
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Let's talk with President of Imperial Consulting Corporation, and author of the important and visionary book Winning the Global Talent Showdown: How Businesses and Communities Can Partner to Rebuild the Jobs Pipeline, Edward E. Gordon, as he describes how even in a recession, the USA, Canada, and the rest of the world face a talent shortage in many fields. He discusses how communities can partner with business to enhance employment opportunities. He shares his ideas for solving the talent crisis through education, workplace experience, internships, apprenticeships and leadership programs on Blog Business Success Radio.
