Many of the policy-makers who are calling for workforce expansion admit that a key reason that certain groups are underrepresented in science is that the "effort-to-reward ratio" for entering science is so poor.
In order to meet the overwhelming demands being placed on it, the civil service reform plan of 2012 called for a workforce that is – among other things – more innovative, results-driven, collaborative and transparent.
The goal of many of these schools is to prepare students for careers in STEM fields, supporting the national call for a workforce with enhanced science and technological skills (U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee, 2012).
The recent popularity of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) as an integrated academic focus has recently led the way to a large number of STEM-focused magnet schools throughout the world, mostly in response to political and business calls for an improved workforce and a more STEM-educated citizenry.
Planning for an effective and efficient clinical workforce calls for attention not simply to numbers, but to skill mix within the workforce, retention of trained personnel, worker time pressures, skills gaps effects on productivity, and appropriate deployment of clinical services enabling staff to do their work effectively.
Business Facilities, a trade publication, calls it the "gold standard" for workforce training.
Calls for a diversified scientific workforce are a dime a dozen.
They are an understudied workforce, and calls for health human resources strategies relating to these workers are, we feel, precipitous.
Republicans in Congress have long called for reducing the workforce through attrition and a number of agencies have imposed hiring freezes because of budget hits.
In addition to parity in the workforce, the commission calls for more federally funded college scholarships for underrepresented groups, better elementary and secondary science and math education, a stronger commitment to diversity by industry, a campaign to improve the public image of science, and a new oversight panel of government, industry, and academic officials to monitor progress.
