Economic value of workforce development

The economic value of the Library services that help Philadelphians locate job opportunities and develop career skills totals $6 million for FY10, comprised of:

  • $2.2 million in career development book-reading & lending
  • $2.1 million in job-finding online activities, including workforce database usage and online job searching/prep
  • $1.7 million job-readiness and workforce-related programming

(p.5)

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