, information technology skills, medical/bioscience skills for health workers. we've got do better in terms of filling the gap so american workers are able to meet the demands of the 21st century. there is a skills gap report by the manufacturing institute that kim out recently. it said based on a poll that 74% of manufacturers, 74% are experiencing workforce shortages or skill deficiencies that keep them from expanding their operations and improving productivity. 74% say we're looking for better skills to be able to fill these jobs. we can do so much better than we are . for too many americans the only jobs available are those they don't have the skills and qualifications to be able to fill. so the federal government spends a lot of money on this. this is not for lack of sphundz funds. the federal government spends billions a year on programs. there are 47 different programs spread over nine different departments and agencies. we need to do more. but in the meanwhile, let's do what we can. that's what this legislation z the government accounting of course, the

a point i made during my remarks one fifth of people with low levels of digital skills skills have two big on-ramps that are key today. broadband at home and smartphones you do control for all sorts of factors age, income amount of on line assets this the digital skills gap is digital readiness gap is real. >> thank you very much. that's good information to have. i would like to have a round of applause for our second panel and we will bring up our third panel. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> so our third panel is really all about moving forward. this panel will discuss solutions for a robust connectivity in libraries. some great ideas about that and we'll be hearing from gary wasdin and eric frederick and linda lord. gary is the executive director of the omaha public library system and has had a long career in libraries and also is currently a member of the urban libraries council executive lord eric frederick is the executive director of connects michigan and linda lord, famous linda lord our maine state library in. imls has a very close relationship with all of our state lib

now, what is the skills gap? well, recent studies have shown that between one-third and a half of manufacturers in my state have at least one job that they can't fill because they can't find a worker with the right skills or the job. that skills gap in minnesota, but of course it isn't just minnesota. this is a nationwide phenomenon, and any colleague that i talk to on the floor says that's the case in his or her state. a 2011 survey by deloitte found that there were 600,000 manufacturing jobs nationwide that were unfilled because of a skills shortage. that was 2011. i just met with the president and c.e.o. of enterprise, minnesota, a terrific organization that studies manufacturers in my state of minnesota. he likes to say we have been admiring this problem for a long time. and it's not just manufacturers. there is the skills gap in information technology, in health care and in other sectors that have jobs sitting there waiting, waiting for skilled workers to fill them. there are more than three million jobs in

nearly 1/5 or 18% has low levels of digital skills three low levels of digital skills tracks closely with low line connectivity, particularly inconsequential areas, such as looking for work or going to a government website. among those with low digital skills, 10% using internet during their most recent job search. 52% use the internet in their most recent job search, taking another example among those with low digital skills. 26% had taken a class nline. these differences in online use are important because for the most part it is the expectation that everyone is connected at home with broadband. recent research i have done on comcast internet essentials program which serves low income family with school-aged children chose this. when asked, these new set of internet users recently signed onto comcast internet via essentials. 83% of those respondents said their children's school expected they had internet access at home. 65% said their financial institutions -- 53% said their health insurance companies expected they have broadband at home. there are two things going on. more and mor

it is self-paced and includes software skills, design skills as well as management and leadership classes. people can come to the library, there are video instructor led programs that help them build a skill set that heretofore may not have been accessible to them. classes in the library, which gives us the opportunity not only to work with partner agencies to help people prepare for the ged exam itself, but also to help them get comfortable using computers, since the ged test now is done on a computer. we don't want them to be sitting there for the first time using a computer and having two-faced -- having to face such a difficult test. act was onele care of our recent technology bubbles in the library system. for the last two months over 1000 people came to our libraries to find out more about their insurance options and to sign up for insurance. this was a wonderful example of how people come to libraries not just for it computer or internet access. they came to us for support. someone mentioned earlier about , peoplee by side help who even have internet access needed help. we were for

the education and the skills.a question of matching it up right away with an open opportunity or opening. >> let's talk about the job market right now. people come to you hopefully before they get their education, but if they are coming to you and saying what should i be equipped to do? what areas do you suggest they study? >> things that are hot are things like energy, medicine, health care, technology. and all of the stem jobs. those are the fields that are hot right now. the field that there is a real strong need for people that have the skills that you can pick up in college. >> let's look at some starting salaries. we're looking at $80,000 for a petroleum gee ist, chemical engineer. software engineer, that's surprising, that's under $60,000, because we endlessly talk about not being enough of them. >> right. but that's an incredible salary for someone who is even within their first couple of yearsover work, i think. >> what is your sense of those videos that we saw in patricia's piece? the idea that the world

in a new skill if their old skill is off. host: brian, reno, nevada. go ahead.ood i am a teacher at job corps. i have been a teacher for about eight years. and is great program very rewarding. we help a lot of students. i hope everyone listening continues to support our program. host: what do you teach? trade. the security students come in with me, maybe 45 a year. i teach them about crime scene investigation, criminal justice, they don't want to work security events, they go on to college or military, or they will go to advanced training with me. when they come in, they may be without training or location or a career, by the time they're done, maybe four to six months, maybe a year, it depends on the student, by the time they're done, they are employable and they have a career path set up. host: what is the starting salary for the folks coming out of your program? unarmed, our --caller: maybe eight dollars to $12 an hour. am ex military. i do push military a little bit. i give them these options and they try to make these decisions. go into% to 15% military fro

from an interview they have their head down to how can i help our company be more expensive with my skills those are transitional periods of time like eric said and their transitional for our city i want to signal to the next generation of youth your future is here in the city and the best jobs exist in the city of san francisco and we're going to link you up to present you in the best way and allow you and your family to succeed so think about that for a moment who helped you get our first job because oftentimes you're going to do that extra more to hire the youth in san francisco. finally, i want to say this in san francisco the other thing we do besides hire people when the door has been opened to us we keep the door open for everyone else this is about opportunity it's but also the suggestion that we are a community of people that care for each other this is a compassionate city and also not the economic success we all want but the ability to taller than and say who's next and who can i bring through the door you doorkeepers are there to keep the door open and we're going to use that d

people don't have the skills to fill those jobs. and all over the world companies are struggling to hire workers. here in the united states, more than half of the companies can't fill positions. we can and must do a better job at training for jobs. tonight in our "advancing the dream" series we are looking for solutions. 80% of middle skills jobs require just one year of training or less. so it can be done. it can be done fast. now is the time to change our future. joining me now is graeg capelli of apollo group, the owner and operator of the university of phoenix, the nation's largest accredited for-profit college. full disclosure, the apollo group is a sponsor of this series. thanks for coming on tonight, are greg. >> thanks for having me back. i appreciate it. >> you wrote a report focusing on the skills gap. what did you find out? >> it's interesting. you brought up really important points which we have this economy are where we know we got to $17 trillion plus by educating the rest of the world for a hundred years. we got to th

but about 140 are paramedic trained and that is a higher level of training and we were able to do skilled and perform skills in the field that are beyond the scope of the bulk of the employees in the fire department who are emts and so they have a lot of skills that they can perform and the basic life support, including being able to operate and use automatic external defibrillator and skills like starting a vein drug, and we have roughly 140, >> i think from my experience because i have not down a ambulance ride along, but i have with the departments, where there are paramedic firefighters on board and in all of those cases for some reason it was mostly medical calls, and that was the person in every instance that had to deal with the situation. constantly, and i just see that it clearly from my perspective, it seems like it is something that we should begin to look at. and whether, and analyze, and determine whether or not that is a good route for the department to take. because, it definitely as you know, from your experience, i mean the need is definitely out there, and it may cost mo

at the work our new initiative is the largest private sector i'm at addressing the skills gap were not enough workforce has the skills to qualify for available jobs we're not done today, we're granting $200,000 to summer youth employment (clapping) throughout the summer thousands of 20 to 15 years old will be placed in private and public employers. it's fantastic last year, we placed 68 hundred we're aiming to do more this upcoming year we feel? an important way to build success of the community leaving it's that is right of a 2 hundred 5 million improvement and jp morgan is launching in cities across the u.s. we're calling on every employer to please engage with that important initiative we want to employ our youth and make a difference the future starts now let's shape it city together. thank you, again, for coming >> thank you (clapping) again what we hope your appreciating and know you're a part of an amazing set of partnerships so don and thank you to the jp morgan chase team i want to call upon another stellar partners that is hiring on a year round basis and recruiting other emp

skills for the future and we can pass those skills on to our kids. and i want people to achieve success. >> very nice. happy friday. time for "the lead" with jake tapper. the big question right now looming. will the u.s. strike militants overrunning iraq. i'm jake tapper. this is the "the lead." >>> people should not anticipate that this is something that is going to happen overnight. >> the world lead. president obama announcing he's holding off on any decision about helping iraq security forces beat back islamic militants but his mind is made up of one thing. >> we will not be sending u.s. troops back into combat in iraq. >> you know who is sending in troops? iran, reportedly. so good news, everyone. the country designated by the u.s. responsible for the terror is stepping over the border to mop up the problem. what could go wrong? >>> also in world news, he's waited five years. bowe bergdahl's family, when will they finally reunite? good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." we begin with developing stories in the world lead. how the obama a

to get there. >> reporter: but the skills in the skills gap don't seem that hard to tap. after her internship at state street financial, pinto was hired permanently as a pricing specialist. why? >> i'm a good talker, i mean i've always been criticized for talking in school you know during elementary you had, "don't talk, don't talk" so i'm like, wow i'm i talk too much but year up was like, no, no, use that as a strength like you have to really sell yourself and you have that ability to speak to people and some people don't have those skills. >> reporter: so if pinto already had the ability to rise, are year up's students simply different? is year up cherry picking, in the sense that you're picking, the people who are most likely to succeed anyway? >> we're categorically not cherry picking, and have proved that via randomized controlled trial. we worked with young people, some went through year up, some we just followed, right, all were admitted, and the reality was the ones who went through year up had some of the highest increase in wages of any youth development progra

especially for high skilled workers?> eric cantor is someone who has cultivated very close ties not only to wall street and the broader business community, but specifically to the dash to the technology sector. he has gone out of his way to kevin mccarthy in california. he has made the technology sector prime, if you will, territory for republicans to try to win financial support and political support. is the parch or raises questions about who will play that role going forward. not everyone running for majority leader may have the same views. it is a blow in terms of that relationship and it remains to be seen who is going to fill the gap in the meantime. as you said, immigration reform is a big i or he for the technology community. one reason they spoke to eric cantor so much was because he had an opportunity as majority leader to perhaps is through some sort of compromise. it was his talk about reform that did him damage in his local election there in virginia. one reason he will not be majority leader after july 31.

there are basic skills that our kids need. they need to write, they need to read, they need basic numeracy, but too often what happens in high school is kids are just sitting in a classroom and they're being lectured to. now there are great teachers out there, and in some cases, you know, subjects like organic chemistry, you just need to focus, you need to hit the books and there aren't a lot of shortcuts, but young people have different learning styles and not everybody is going to necessarily go to a four-year college or university. not everybody is going to be interested in french literature. there are some folks who they just want to -- they're going to learn by doing and so what we've been trying to encourage is are there ways for us to introduce apprenticeships, models for high school in which kids are working at the same time as they're going to school. you know, so if you want to be a graphic designer, you've still got to take the basic classes but are there ways of designing those classes around you also working with

class can teach math skills. a volleyball game can teach english language skills. so, the emphasis really is on how do we -- how do we create environments where students have opportunities to develop their minds and their thinking skills, their problem solving skills. we can do that in a lot of enrichment activities. so, that's where we're really looking at how there is co- herence. >> thank you. supervisor mar in >> kevin trueth mentioned of the tollal excel funding there is [speaker not understood] funding in dcyf matching funds. i'm wondering if the children's amendment is strongly supported by the voters in november, how much additional funds might come in and if it goes up to 4 cents per $100 of assessed value, you know what that dcyf matching funds -- how much it would increase? >> well,, number one, if it doesn't increase up to 4 cents at that point i think the estimate is somewhere to the tunes of 14 to $15 million. dcyf funds, a number of different programs ranging from child care to afterschool to teen

it can take a skilled mathematician or a skilled -- >> a skilled mathematician to do what? >> a programmer. and turnedrammer into a mobile programmer. there's a huge following right now. it is something you do many times in your life. and then learning has become shorter. shorter because the units are shorter but longer. >> what is the partnership with at&t? >> at&t is a very forward-looking company. techrked with georgia would we made masters degrees toordable for $45,000 $6,000. in each fact, they are reserving jobs, internships for top 100 graduates. somebody takes this and does well. >> what happens to your huge interest and experience and knowledge with artificial intelligence and robotics? >> i am still extremely interested. wonderful, great leader on the team and i am by the sidelines. i am trying to fix education. that is a pretty big job. you lose a sense, you have to commit yourself to education or curiosity -- >> every morning, i make the decision of which shoes to wear. that ication is one hadized my higher calling come. isare you surprised that it not gone furt

they were valued for their boat handling skills, particularly in the surf, a skill they learned and perfected serving at life-saving stations. only the experienced could successfully maneuver the landing craft through strong currents and heavy surf. once the beachhead was secured, while soldiers and marines pushed inland, a steady stream of supplies was carried ashore by coast guard transports to keep the offensive alive trade by way of example, 19 of 23 naval transports were manned by coast guardsmen, including our medal of honor winner, signalman first class douglas monroe. signalman monroe steered his landing craft between the evacuating marines and the enemy providing covering fire and sacrificing his life to save 500 marines. nte coast guard's importa supporting role continued as the campaign moved north and west from while canal. the coast guard service in world war ii and in the pacific supporting sailors and marines heritage. our shared this continues today as the coast guard provides security in offarabian gulf, deploys the coast of africa to prevent piracy, and operates in the deep

. ♪ neil: using this skill comes naturally?ication skills. there must be something. >> day think comedy clubs are easy? >> but to make it in business i would bring a heckler. >> i don't know if you are the guys to do that. >> i am at the comedy club this thursday a and i will tell you they keep it clean but they are tough. neil: then what about a bunch of accountants? >> i put them on stage cold. it to put them under pressure it is the toughest thing to do to cut your teeth. is the cute idea. >> one that could benefit is barack obama could send a joe biden. [laughter] neil: how created she is. [laughter] >> but with the accountants they walk into a room. bird you go with that? >>. [laughter] i think it'd say tough environment and on the flip side the kid is graduating from college that i have interviewed for. the chair recruiting they have prayed for communication skills. i was not a good communicator buthen i shoot left graduate school they will train you to be a good communicator to be a flip chart presentation in practice sa

in all your tactical skills, your physical power, enter inner strength must be brought to bear. change the world, you must be your very best in the darkest moments. the ninth week of training is referred to as hell week. of no sleep,ks constant physical and mental harassment, and one special day at the mudflaps. diegoan area between san and tijuana, where the water runs off and creates the tijuana sloughs. week on wednesday of hell that you paddle down to the mudflaps and spend the next 15 hours trying to survive this freezing cold, the howling wind, the incessant pressure to quit from the instructors. as the sun began to set on that wednesday evening, my training class was ordered into the mud. the mud consumed each man until there was nothing visible but our heads. we coulductors told us leave the mud if only five men would quit. only five. we could get out of the cold. looking around the mud, it was apparent that some stews were about to give up. it was over eight hours until the sun came up. chattering teeth, shivering loans -- moans... it was hard to hear anything. then one

nothing in this policy prohibits members from using other informational skills to gather information necessary to protect public safety identify the nature of an issue brought to their attention or provide basic information in addition to this base policy over the last few years we also have updates and other things that we added to what was already a very robust policy. in june of 2012 we put out a department bulletin that prescribed how it works more in concert with the different provisions of the leo and updated in may of 14 so whenever we have a modification of policy it lasts for 2 years. we keep it current. it's basically an index of what language someone speaks i believe there's 19 languages on the cards and the person literally points to the language and in september of 13 den initiated software that can readily allow them to identify officers that are certified in tagalic and vietnamese if vietnamese i think it's also important that we actually hit a huge milestone thankfully to the board of supervisors and our smartphones we are the only department in california maybe the u

the army is needed as a result, the government was encouraging many of the skilled workers to stay at home and they were often times exempt from the construction. >> can we extrapolate from what you said when the army was first formed it was an enthusiastic group of volunteers fighting for a way of life? >> absolutely they were fighting for a way of life, they were fighting for the institution of slavery and to protect what they had. their property into their way of life in the sense that they have aspirations to own slaves if they didn't. even poor soldiers who enlisted often times soft benefits in the service. first of all you get a steady paycheck and second, many of them did not anticipate the world would go on as long as they did and that the losses would be so severe. and third copy of hopes and the postwar difference in the army would grow business their way or would hire them and it makes good sense if i were in the army and we got out and i knew that you were a good soldier and i needed somebody with your skills i'm going to hire my old army buddy because i can trust you. you

the technology and skills training is so important and no where in san francisco i know here the center the technical world it's that important so again on behalf of coming cast congratulations and thank our family we're honored to be in your presence and rooting for you and looking forward to you being out in the workforce congratulations (clapping.) okay. we've just about reached the conclusion we have when it is over we have a resource fair back there and maybe more importantly we have refreshments over there. but she's not going to like me doing that don't say nothing to put those things on there's a lot of people behind the scenes that are is engine christen and the mayor's office of neighborhood services christen she probably wants to acknowledge all the other people see i told you. thank you, dr. marshall and congratulations to the graduates yes wanted to say thank you to the extraordinarily partners all the city dwp's departments and community associations or organizations and dpw and h s a europe and oewd office of economic workforce development the former department i came fro

the chair recruiting they have prayed for communication skills.a good communicator but when i shoot left graduate school they will train you to be a good communicator to be a flip chart presentation in practice sales calls they spent time on that but i don't think companies are doing that these days spinning people will not believe this. [laughter] but what do you do? you put them on stage. >> is a good communication skills i traveled north america for corporate shows and to look like stem cells and a peach tree dash - - 83 dash. [laughter] >> i am onstage. >> but the comedy myth is the great way to break the barriers down. neil: abraham lincoln had a great sense of humor. but even those boys who are big into playing x box i tell them to stop it butwere lip playing. the university may just offer you a scholarship. it is true. of illinois institution will give a scholarship this is a big promising area of. >> this is college says glamorizing something that should not be. it is not the place to get your video game accolades. neil: what is news lawre

why do we even have a skills gap? we not being able to produce enough sciencists, engineers, and coders that we have to worry about this? >> we produce lots of scientists with one skill. not enough americans are studying computer science. especially women. but the fact is that silicon valley has a severe shortage. people can't move here from the midwest. there is a dire shortage of skilled talent here, and we need all of the brilliant people we can get here, that's one. the second part is, we're marketing to the world. you have got to understand foreign markets, the middle east, asia, south america, you have to understand europe to be able to market to them, to bringing in the best and brightest from those countries bringing us a competitive edge, and allows us to build better technology and services, so we can sell to those countries. it's like the nfl, you want to get the best players you can get no matter where they are from. you don't want to say we can only hire from one state, you want to recruit from everywhere

the skills that they have are skills that we learn while serving. this gives you that opportunity to complete the cycle of life for these veterans, for these guys who have made a commitment to serve the united states of america, where we all live and eat and breathe every day. >> when kevin knight left the army, he put his skills to work starting his own small business, as we just saw. a while back, we met another inspiring veteran who fulfilled her dreams of owning a company by buying into a franchise. >> i grew up so much in the navy. i think it's just only helped me now. >> amanda crow thrived in the structured culture of military life. >> and it's not for everyone. and i didn't think it was for me initially. but it really taught me so much. >> amanda had spent her entire career in the navy. where she was told where to go, what to do, and when to do it. she loved her job as a special ops parachute rigger. but she also had an sbe preneural streak in her. >> i didn't want to work for anybody else. i feel i am a leader and that i could manage a busi