Organized Labor Trends in the Behavioral Health & Social Service Field: Proactive Management Approaches to Workforce Concerns

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry Analysis The United States workforce of the twenty first century is expected to face a very different set of opportunities and challenges than faced by previous generations, according to the "Workforce Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st Century Forum," hosted by the General Accounting Office (GAO) in April, 2004. Demographics and economic trends indicate that the size and composition of the labor force, as well as the characteristics of many jobs, are changing. These changes are taking place within the realities of a tight fiscal environment. These observations certainly . . .