Tag: Work in Progress
Protecting the vulnerable worker now will speed up economic recovery
Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize-winning economist and Columbia University professor, is my guest on this episode of Work in Progress.
The ability of the economy to...
Transparency is key to matching job to jobseeker
Employers. Job seekers. Educators. These three stakeholders need to talk to each other if we're going to close the skills gap in hiring.
"There are...
Resources for small businesses impacted by COVID-19
National: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Guide
"It's a long road to recovery," according to a July survey of small businesses around the...
Financial literacy is key to having control over your life
The Singleton Foundation is on a mission to inspire entrepreneurship and make financial competence fun, engaging and accessible to all. Shelley Miles, the nonprofit's...
Crowdfunding entrepreneurs who historically don’t have access to capital
Starting a business at any time can be challenging. The global health pandemic and the economic crisis it has created are making that challenge...
Career Karma: Training, coaching, and peer support
Rubén Harris is the CEO of Career Karma, an app and web platform that connects career transitioners with one of 450 job training programs—specifically...
Eliminating barriers to economic opportunity
“Twenty-two percent of those who have lost their jobs since COVID-19 were in poverty before—this was the working poor. These were people who had...
Connecting the unemployed with pathways to work
Even in the middle of the COVID-19 unemployment crisis, several industries are hiring. Employers are advertising jobs in health care, IT, and cybersecurity, to...
The space industry is many industries in one, and it’s growing
Just last year, Morgan Stanley estimated that revenue in the space industry could triple to more than $1 trillion over the next 20 years,...
Answering the nonprofit SOS at a time of increased civic need
Nonprofits in America employ more then 10 percent of all workers, or about 12.4 million people. These organizations, like so many other businesses, are...
