FOR IMMEDIATE                                            RELEASE CONTACT: Tina L. Pugliese, APR
September 9, 2003                                        (703) 683-9377; tpugliese@acteonline.org


WHAT

Despite the corporate downsizing and job reductions witnessed in the U.S. over the past few years, companies across the country report that millions of jobs remain unfilled due to a shortage of properly trained candidates. In a broad range of manufacturing and service industries, employers cannot fill critical staff positions. These are attractive career opportunities offering excellent compensation, challenging work and exciting potential for advancement.

The Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) is conducting this Briefing to focus on the gap between the demand of business and industry for well-trained employees and the supply of skilled workers that is severe and growing wider every year.


WHO

Thomas Applegate, ACTE President [Moderator]
Mark Clemons, ACTE Teacher of the Year
Phyllis Eisen, Executive Director, Center for Workforce Success, National Association of Manufacturers
Timothy Lawrence, Executive Director, SkillsUSA-VICA
Diane Lindsey Reeves, Co-Author of Millennials in the Workplace


WHEN

Monday, September 15, 2003
8:30 ? 10:30 a.m.
Continental breakfast will be served.


WHERE

National Press Club
529 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20045
Murrow Room


NOTE

The Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) is the national professional association for the field of career and technical education. Now in its 77th year, ACTE?s membership numbers more than 30,000 teachers, counselors and administrators at the middle school, high school and postsecondary levels.

For more information, contact Megan Fitzgerald at (703) 683-9312 or by e-mail at mfitzgerald@acteonline.org.