Interesting Facts

Since the mid 1980's the growth of the labor population has evolved mainly from foreign born employees or native low skilled workers.

Desire to do well is undermined when:
• Language barriers limit communication
• Cultural differences cause confusion
• Math knowledge is metric based
• Education is at a minimum

Twenty-two percent of adults in America perform at the very lowest level of literacy.

Each year more than forty thousand adults apply for basic education programs.

The number of companies reporting skilled worker shortages has doubled.

American businesses are estimated to lose $60 billion in productivity each year due to employee lack of basic skills.

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