Participants in workforce development

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(Pasted, verbatim, from Ronald L. Jacobs' pdf document "Understanding Workforce Development: Definition, Conceptual Boundaries, and Future Perspectives")

Central for understanding workforce development is how one conceives the term workforce, which includes the following five groups of individuals (Jacobs, 2000):

1. Individuals who are emerging into being employed, most prominent of which are young adults.

2. Individuals who are currently employed full or part time.

3. Individuals who are undergoing transitions in their employment, such as job seekers, the unemployed, and returnees to being employed.

4. Individuals who have been employed at one time but are not currently employed, such as those in prisons and retirees.

5. Individuals who have been recruited from other locations for employment, such as guest workers, immigrants, and invited permanent residents.

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