Unemployment creates new role, and pain, for community colleges

McClatchy reports:

Community colleges traditionally provided vocational training and prepared students for careers in food service or health care. Today, however, they're just as likely to provide training for everything from computer-aided architectural design to cyber-security and computer programming. Employers increasingly count on these colleges to certify work skills.

"In the past we heard employers much more interested in soft skills, teaching employees things like customer service or supervision," said Laura Weidner, the dean of work force development at Anne Arundel. "Now, they want to know, 'Where's the certification in supervision or management?'"

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