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Programs providing integrated career readiness training achieved a 10 percentage point increase in Year 2 employment rates (70% vs. 60%, p < 0.01) and an average weekly work increase of 3.4 hours per week (a 13.9% gain, p < 0.01).
Trainees who received objective feedback about their soft skills updated their expectations in line with reality regarding eligible jobs, though they became less willing to accept lower-quality employment.
Over two-thirds of surveyed firms cited employee recruitment challenges as a major growth barrier, and 53 percent specifically identified trust and worker behavioral concerns as their primary hiring hurdle.