Unemployment, a simple word, but a terrifying thought for those affected by it. How do you react to something like this when your skills are no longer needed? Is there any hope that they will be able to return to the workforce? There is a solution. The government provides vocational training to unemployed workers. Vocational training for the unemployed should be organized in a way that targets future employment forecasts. They try to predict which industries they think will expand in the future and try to train unemployed workers in those fields. This way they can enter the growing market and gain the skills needed to succeed and move forward with their careers. But how effective are these training programs? What can they offer people looking to re-enter the world of work? We'll first look at what these job training programs are and what they do, then we'll look at how successful they were in the United States during the recent recession, and finally, we'll provide information on how the programs should be administered. Vocational training first came to light in the 1930s by Herbert Hoover during the Depression to try to create jobs and decrease the unemployment rate. Since then, many different provisions have been adopted regarding the implications of vocational training for the unemployed. From Nixon offering new programs, to Ronald Regan trying to eliminate them completely, and now Obama using the Workforce Investment Act, everyone is trying to do what's best for our country. As we all know, the United States went through probably the greatest recession of all time, in addition to the Great Depression. Obama tried to revamp our economy by piling money into the Workforce Investment Act to try to jump-start our economy. The main goals of the Workforce Investment Act are to increase employment, maintain it...... middle of document...... Group, July 19, 2010. Web. December 3, 2013.not-with-unemployment/59982/> .Korte, George. “Expanding job training costs $18 billion a year.” USA Today[Washington] 09 February 2011, n. page Network. 3 December 2013.1Ajobtraining09_ST_N.htm>.Various authors. United States. Department of Employment and Training Administration. Government performance and outcomes. Department of Labor, 2011. Web. Various authors. United States. Accountability Office. MULTIPLE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAMS: Providing information on colocation services and consolidating administrative structures could promote efficiency. GAOP Publications, 2013. Web. .