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It comes as no surprise to say that the National Fund cares deeply about improving job quality. Our economy is built on too many low quality, low wage jobs. What is more, improving job quality is a potent strategy to…
Sweeping technological change. Demographic shifts. Deeply entrenched inequality. These are the social conditions we highlighted in Race and the Work of the Future, published back in November, as requiring a new social contract for workers. Today, I would add to…
The former governor of Florida recently wrote that our workforce problems can be solved with training and education. He's only partially right. Actually, Governor Bush, we do have a jobs problem. Yes, there is a lot of room to…
Vickie Choitz leads systems change at Corporation for a Skilled Workforce. She was a member of the National Fund's trauma-informed care workgroup and co-authored our newest publication, A Trauma-Informed Care Approach to Workforce. Choitz recently published a blog, "What's the…
Asian American and Pacific Islander Women's Equal Pay Day is a reminder of the importance of quality data Last month our nation grappled with the horror of another mass shooting, this time targeting Asian women. About a week before the…
Black History Month in 2021 feels a little different. We’re still in the midst of a pandemic that has decimated communities of color across the country. We are still missing 10 million jobs. Too many people are out of work.…
The ‘Great Reset’ must include sustainability and equity During last year’s World Economic Forum, I tweeted a lot about economy-boosting jobs and the need for companies to focus on long term value creation that benefits all stakeholders, not just shareholders.…
Dear CareerSTAT Network, We have made it through an unimaginably difficult year. When I took over as chair of the CareerSTAT Executive Committee in April, it was in the midst of the biggest healthcare crisis we’ve seen in a century.…
If there is one lesson that we learned in 2020, it is that we need one another. We depend on essential workers who pick, process, and sell our food, who treat our illnesses, who provide public transportation and safety. We…
This month I write to you (finally) on the other side of a national election. However you feel about the outcome, our challenges weren’t going to end with one election. We have a long road ahead of us. The cracks…