Demographic trends, technological change, and increased international competition are creating shortages of skilled workers and an excess of unskilled workers. In response to this growing crisis, the Commission on Workforce Quality and Labor Market Efficiency made 44 recommendations for a substantial, ongoing national commitment to investment in human resources. The recommendations center on three themes: (1) incentives to improve student motivation and achievement; (2) public and private investments in lifetime education and training; and (3) more efficient use of workers' existing skills. Specific recommendations include the following: presidential leadership in the development of national goals and timetables; school/business efforts to help students meet the educational standards necessary for labor market success; inclusion of transcripts and achievement test scores in employer evaluations of job applicants; incentives for teachers, administrators, and school districts; experimental school restructuring; corporate tax credits for education and training; income tax exemptions for employer-provided education and training benefits; increased funding of the Job Training Partnership Act and for postsecondary training grants; a Cabinet-level committee for human resource policy; federal support of community-based child care resource and referral agencies; increased subsidy of child care expenses; flexible employment arrangements; performance standards for public employment service; sensitivity of immigration policy to labor market needs; innovative approaches to labor-management relations; and increased funding for the collection of labor statistics, evaluations of human resource programs, and studies of best employment practices. (SK)