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Job Quality Newsletter: What Improving Job Quality Means for Black Workers

How the US Economy Looks to Black Workers Insights from our November 2017 event on “Race, Work, and Opportunity in America” still provide food for tho ...

BY Maureen Conway

Blog Post

02.29.2024
Employment and Jobs

Target Prioritizes Upskilling and Mobility for Frontline Employees

Description Target, which employs more than 400,000 people, has doubled down on its commitment to make daily life better for its frontline workforce, incl ...

BY Carol Morrison, & 2 more

Publication

02.29.2024
Employment and Jobs

Employer as Validator: Challenges in Verifying Skills and Experience

The role of "employer as verifier" is both a linchpin and a potential barrier in creating a system where all learning counts.

BY Haley Glover

Publication

02.21.2024
Employment and Jobs

Job Quality Newsletter — 2023 Highlights

Few years have presented us with such a varied and complex menagerie of issues as the ones we face this Labor Day.

BY Maureen Conway

Blog Post

01.31.2024
Employment and Jobs

Creating Real Value: Skills Data in Learning and Employment Records

Over the last few months, I’ve asked the same question to corporate leaders from human resources, talent acquisition, learning and development, and manag ...

BY Haley Glover

Blog Post

01.18.2024
Employment and Jobs

Benefits Beyond Measure: The Role of Workplace Benefits in Improving Job Quality

Description One of the key challenges facing the future of work is ensuring that all jobs are good jobs—that is, jobs that offer workers economic stabil ...

BY Future of Work Initiative

Publication

01.08.2024
Employment and Jobs

Straight Talk

How do community college students feel about the future of work? We share insights from HP’s 2023 Future of Work Academy, co-hosted by Aspen Institute’ ...

BY Haley Glover & 1 more

Blog Post

12.12.2023
Employment and Jobs

Job Quality Newsletter — Pathway to Good Jobs

As we approach the holiday season, we at the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program (EOP) are reflecting on the significance of work that brings us ...

BY Maureen Conway

Blog Post

12.08.2023
Employment and Jobs

Unveiling Sustainable Pathways in the Gig Economy

Over the past decade, the “gig economy” has become a common term, as increasing numbers of workers piece together gigs to make a living, and app-based ...

BY Frances Almodovar

Blog Post

12.07.2023
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