A Trauma-Informed Approach to Workforce
Although the term “trauma-informed care” is new to most workforce development practitioners, the coronavirus pandemic has spurred many to…
Case Report: Supporting New Hires’ Success
Read this case report WORC prepared for the National Fund for Workforce Solutions about a job quality leader —…
Engaging Employees to Solve Retention Issues
As horse farms in Kentucky battled high turnover, the Kentucky Chamber Foundation created a collaborative solution.
The Value of Job Quality Partnerships for Small Businesses
Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program (EOP) partnered with Pacific Community Ventures (PCV) and the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment Northw…
Measuring the Impact of Skills-Based Talent Practices
A comprehensive framework that: Guides companies in measuring their rate of adoption of skills-based practices, and the impact of…
Innovative Skills-Based Talent Practices
Business Roundtable and its Multiple Pathways Initiative established an Innovation Working Group to inspire the identification and adoption of…
Mud Bay’s Good Jobs Journey
This 2019 MIT Sloan case by Zeynep Ton and Katie Bach describes how the executive team at Mud Bay,…
Issue Brief: Benefits Beyond the Business
Broader benefits can accrue to the community because of employer-supported education programs, and particularly for companies that have built…
Data-driven strategy, Proactive recruitment
U.S. Chamber Foundation: Talent Pipeline Management Opportunity Populations Resource Guide
This comprehensive guide from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and Grads of Life helps companies build inclusive talent…
Patagonia’s CEO Explains How to Make an On-Site Child-Care Pay for Itself
Rose Marcario did the math and between tax benefits and savings through retention and engagement, on-site child-care may be…
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- Fast Company
Meet the Best Buy Employee Who Inspired the Company’s New Child-Care Benefit
Read about Best Buy's child care program for full and part-time employees, and the employee who inspired it all.…
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- Washington Post
JCPenney Benefits
Take a look at JCPenney's My Time Off model, which affords flexible time off to part-time workers.
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- JCPenney
Lowe’s Benefits
Lowe's provides benefits like dental, vision, accident, and life insurance to part-time employees. They even provide prospective associates a…
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- Lowe's
Women Sponsorship Drives Innovation
Flip to pages 16 - 18 of this report for case studies from Intel and other companies on effective…
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- Accenture
Gap: Investing in Talent Development
Read Gap, Inc.'s approach to developing leaders.
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- Gap, Inc.
Tackling Unstable and Unpredictable Work Schedules
Curious about instituting minimum hours? Flip to page 6 for in-depth case studies on Costco and Cooperative Home Care…
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- Retail Action Project
How the Gap Used an App to Give Workers More Control Over Their Schedules
Learn from Gap, Inc.'s experiment with tech-enabled, real-time shift swapping.
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- Harvard Business Review
BBC Embraces Blind Recruitment
Check out BBC's commitment to removing identifying information from resumes, such as candidate name and university.
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- HR Magazine
B Lab Survey Results Prompt Look in the Mirror—and Steps Toward a More Equitable, Diverse and Inclusive Workforce
Read one Co-founder's experience of learning employees of color felt excluded in the workplace, and what he did (and…
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- B The Change
Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion at PayPal
Check out PayPal's report on progress to achieve their gender and racial pay equity goals.
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- PayPal
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