What’s It Going To Take To SHIFT?
In September 2022, the National Fund for Workforce Solutions gathered with other workforce development leaders in Minneapolis for our biennial…
Ringing In a New Era of Job Quality
Good jobs are the newest hot topic in workforce development, but that hasn’t always been the case. Almost a decade…
What's the Real Jobs Story?
Reflections on the San Francisco Bay Area I just returned from a family spring break vacation in California. On our…
Workers With Disabilities Are an Opportunity for Employers
As healthcare employers continue to struggle to fill high-demand positions, it’s critical for organizations to explore historically underutilized talent. For…
What's In a Name
Black women face labor market discrimination from the moment their resumes land on the desk Depending on who you are…
How to Build Better Jobs
Using organizational research, job quality outcome maps guide smarter business decisions Today’s labor market is tricky to navigate for many…
How to Become a Community Influencer
Four tactics to help you build and exert influence Photo by Adam Solomon on Unsplash To make change, you must…
Delta Variant Blues
Here we go again. The pandemic tide has turned for the worse, and we’re all getting reacquainted with uncertainty: unpredictable…
Workers Are at the Heart of Our Economic Recovery
We need a bold new way of thinking to help them succeed. If you’ve tried to schedule a meeting with…
The “Civic Shove”: An Influence Strategy for Workforce Collaboratives
“Our job is to notice what the region is ready for, but not yet acting on; the places where a…