Making Impact Through the Good Jobs Challenge
In August 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the 32 awardees of the Good Jobs Challenge. I was thrilled…
An Equitable Economy is Essential to Secure Freedom
I seem to be starting an annual tradition on my summer vacations. Last summer, my family traveled the country on…
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…
The Three Questions We Should Be Asking About Jobs and the Economy
The numbers we tout every month are not the best reflection of the state of our economy for working Americans…
Alternative Education for High-Quality Careers
For decades, young people have been told that the only way to be successful is to get a bachelor’s degree,…
Trauma Goes Beyond Headlines
Developing trauma-informed workplaces Americans have grown all too accustomed to violence. Just in the last couple of weeks, we witnessed…
Building Safety is Part of a High Quality Job
May is Building Safety Month, an excellent time to highlight that safety in the physical work environment is foundational to…
Workers Have Choices. Will They Choose You?
Whether it’s the “Great Resignation” or the “Great Reshuffling,” keeping your workers is more important than ever At the National…
Recognizing and Reducing Stress in the Workplace
At the individual level, stress not only makes people feel fragile and overwhelmed, but also alone. This is especially true…
Overlooked and Undervalued
Black women in the workplace As Black History Month draws to a close and Women’s History Month is about to…