“Apprenticeship is an industry-
driven concept, which uses on-the-job training and classroom instruction to produce well-trained workers. We want to be sure that, at completion of training, workers have advancement opportunity and employers have the skilled workers they need to succeed.”

-Emily Stover DeRocco, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training,
US Department of Labor

“The ability of our staff to participate in the CAEL Career Lattice project greatly increases their opportunities for learning and career growth.”

-Neal Eddy, Vice President for Learning and Strategic Integration, The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, Sioux Falls, SD

As the demand for healthcare workers increases, CAEL can help you attract and retain qualified professionals. We have experience designing and implementing learning initiatives that address the full spectrum of your development needs. CAEL can help you to:

• Create career paths that help incumbent and newly hired employees master the skills and competencies they need to advance.
• Connect to the public workforce system and funding sources
• Identify the best educational partners
• Demonstrate the impact of your investment in learning
• Work with area high schools to develop a robust pipeline of future employees
• Leverage the experience of your older employees by shaping new roles within the organization

The materials available on this website were developed as part of a grant that CAEL received from the Department of Labor in 2003. They have been updated, and we continue to hear from many healthcare providers that the approach and lessons learned apply to today's healthcare workforce challenges.

Employee Development: A Prescription for Better Healthcare
An Executive Summary 14 pages
Click Here for a free PDF version

How Career Lattices Help Solve Nursing and Other Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
Click here for a pdf of the Executive Summary

For more information contact Phyllis Snyder by emailing cael@cael.org.