Workforce Development Resources

This book is designed to ensure competency among potential and in-service vocational instructors pursuing a program of personal and professional development.

Partners in CSULB's College of Engineering Math, Engineering and Science Achievement (MESA) program which is designed to attract more young, disadvantaged students into engineering professions.

Participants in CSULB Engineering HS Summer Research Fellowship Program

Funding and support for CSULB High School Summer Research Fellowship Program

Partner institutions in the Council of University Transportation Centers

Scholarship support for CSULB Global Logistics and MA in Global Logistics Programs; Hosts of USC interns

Members of Southern California Regional Transit Training Consortium, administered by The APTREX Institute. CSULB is also a partner with community colleges in the developing CA Transportation and Logistics Institute (CATLI). CATLI is designed to ensure that a full range of educational services and opportunities are aligned with a career pathways focus, in order to develop a skilled workforce.

The O*NET program is the nation's primary source of occupational information. Central to the project is the O*NET database, containing information on hundreds of standardized and occupation-specific descriptors. The database, which is available to the public at no cost, is continually updated by surveying a broad range of workers from each occupation. Information from this database forms the heart of O*NET Online, an interactive application for exploring and searching occupations. The database also provides the basis for our Career Exploration Tools, a set of valuable assessment instruments for workers and students looking to find or change careers.

The Occupational Information Network (O*NET) is being developed under the sponsorship of the US Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA) through a grant to the North Carolina Department of Commerce. Learn more about the O*NET project partners.

Fast Forward is a transportation workforce development online resource intended for middle school, high school, and community college students, parents and educators. National effort

Can the United States continue to lead the world in innovation? The answer may hinge in part on how well the public understands engineering, a key component of the 'innovation engine'. A related concern is how to encourage young people--particularly girls and under-represented minorities--to consider engineering as a career option.

Changing the Conversation provides actionable strategies and market-tested messages for presenting a richer, more positive image of engineering. This book presents and discusses in detail market research about what the public finds most appealing about engineering--as well as what turns the public off.

The purpose of the Center for Environmental Excellence (CEE) will be to provide a wide range of products and services to assist agencies in achieving environmental excellence in delivering their transportation programs and projects. Through its information-sharing, technical assistance, partnership-building and training resources, the purpose of the CEE is to directly engage Federal Highway Administration stakeholders such as State Department of Transportations (State DOTs), Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs), local planning organizations, other Federal and state surface transportation agencies to incorporate environmental compliance, and stewardship into transportation planning, project development, construction, maintenance, and operations.

The CITDs assist California business to expand internationally as well as help colleges become more globalized.

The California CITDs have offices across the state and provide a full range of trade assistance services to companies and individuals in the state of California. All services are either free or low cost. Whether you are new or experienced in export or import, small or large, CITD has experts and resources ready to help you. Our free or low-cost programs and services include one-on-one technical assistance and consulting, market research, training and educational programs, trade leads and special events. The CITD is a place to learn about international matchmaking events and other programs taking place both in California and abroad.

Key services include:
Deliver Export and Import Programs to Create Jobs
Inform Career Pathways and Technical Assistance
Expand Global Trade Curriculum and International Marketing Opportunities

Programs: Automated Export System (AES) & PcLink Compliance Training, Beauty Industry Market Access, CA Agricultural Export Training (CalAgX), CA State Trade and Export Promotion (CA STEP), Certified Global Business Professional (CGBP) Exam Preparation, Export Readiness Assessment (ERA), Global Logistics Program, Student Internship Program, Youth Entrepreneurship Program

Linking Education with Industry

College Advancement & Economic Development (CAED) at Long Beach City College (LBCC) is dedicated to bridging the gap between fulfilling business needs for a qualified workforce and providing education and training, including skill sets relevant to jobs in the 21st century.

Funded by FHWA to promote awareness of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) educational and career opportunities among disadvantaged and at-risk middle and high school students around the country. Designed to introduce secondary school students to all modes of transportation careers and encourage them to pursue transportation-related courses of study at the college/university level.
typically two to four weeks in length; host sites conduct both residential and non-residential programs to ensure a productive learning experience, classroom size is at least 15 students; recruitment and registration is coordinated and managed by each local host site

Managed by FHWA Office of Civil rights. Provides apprenticeship and training programs to move women, minorities, and disadvantaged individuals into journey-level positions to meet highway construction hiring needs, and to address the historical under-representation of these groups in highway construction skilled crafts.

This project builds on the original Career Cluster partnership with the US Department of Transportation. In 1999 the US Department of Transportation took a leadership role in the creation of the National Transportation, Distribution and Logistics Career Cluster. Today they are partnering with the National Association of State Directors of Career and Technical Education by sponsoring the development of Careers in Transportation Curriculum Materials