Targeted Talent Matching
An employer-led talent marketplace seeks to cut through the noise for local businesses and jobseekers. Also, understanding the data infrastructure needed for skills-based hiring, and the emerging expert consensus on AI’s impacts on jobs.
We’ve Got to Start Helping In-Career Degree Seekers
The best way to boost the economic mobility of millions of Americans is to support them in going back to college to earn a four-year degree.
High Demand, Low Wage
A new federal “do no harm” wage rule draws broad support but doesn’t solve the problem of preparing workers for societally valuable jobs with poverty-level pay.
Opportunity Cost
Social Finance offers no-interest loans as a financial bridge for low-income workers who want to advance in healthcare. Also, a new ballot initiative in Colorado is a test of public…
Childcare Providers Know How to Fix the System. We Should Let Them.
Everyone agrees the system isn’t working for childcare workers, parents, or businesses. To fix it, we’ve got to listen to the people who know the challenges best.
Covering the Hidden Costs of ‘Free’ Nurse Training
In Massachusetts community college is free, but many entry-level healthcare workers can’t afford the time and lost income to train to be a nurse. A new program is testing whether…
Talent Marketplaces
The Trump administration wants to make all learning count as states seek to strengthen ties between education and work. Also, the feds steer $145M to pay-for-performance apprenticeship models across key…
American Exceptionalism and Nondegree Credentials
The U.S. and European countries are similarly concerned about ensuring the value of nondegree credentials, but the U.S. is taking a decidedly different, voluntary approach.
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