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Skills-Based Practices: A Journey Map for Employers
This document is a one-stop guide to help employers build business agility, workforce diversity, and resilience through skills-based talent practices. It includes business cases for a skills-based approach and resources to assess a company’s maturity and readiness to identify and adopt specific skills-based talent practices...
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Tool
Non-Degree Pathways: A DC Insider’s Perspective
Non-Degree Pathways uncovers the views of DC Insiders on supporting diverse educational pathways and offers policy recommendations to expand opportunities for students...
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Report
, Research
A Universe of Possibilities: Education to Career Pathways for the Future of Work
Discover the dynamic landscape of innovators building postsecondary training models to offer learners unique options...
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Research
Degrees of Risk: What Gen Z and Employers Think About Education-to-Career Pathways…and How Those Views are Changing
Presenting a landmark study on Gen Z and employer perceptions of education-to-career pathways...
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Report
, Research
Talking Points: How Diverse and Inclusive Apprenticeships Address Employer Needs
Engage employers around equitable and inclusive apprenticeships with talking points aligned to common business concerns...
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Tool
Futurescape
Check out the mobile-first experience that lets you explore thousands of education-to-career paths on your own terms...
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Tool
Post-High School Options: There are Many Paths to a Successful Career
Explore the different paths students can take after high school to prepare for a successful career...
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Tool
The Big Blur: An Argument for Erasing the Boundaries Between High School, College and Careers, and Creating One New System That Works for Everyone
The Big Blur argues for a radical restructuring of education for grades 11–14 by erasing the arbitrary dividing line between high school and college...
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Report
, Research
The Current State of Diversity and Equity in U.S. Apprenticeship for Young People
Understand representation and equity gaps along gender and race/ethnicity lines among young apprentices in the US...
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Report
, Research
How Parents Navigate And Influence Their Kids’ Post-High School Education
Understand how parents perceive higher education for their kids in the midst of changing needs and costs...
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Research
Realizing the Potential for Rapid Reskilling
Get practitioner-informed policy considerations to expand high-quality, short-term credentialing programs...
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Report
Your Guide to Becoming an Impact Employer
Prepare your company for the future of work through JFF’s Impact Employer Talent Framework...
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Tool
How Young Adults Can Advance in Turbulent Times
Discover four strategies that guide talent developers to navigate the rapidly changing labor market...
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Report
Growing Talent from Within: A Business and Social Imperative
Discover how Tyson empowered its workforce with skills that enabled them to become successful for positions beyond the production line...
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Report
Horizons Annual Summit
Attend Horizons to discuss bold ideas and actions to create a more equitable workforce and education system for all...
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Event
Possible Futures—Career Exploration Curriculum
Explore lessons designed to help you develop essential employability skills and explore STEM occupations...
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Tool
Traditional College Isn’t The Only Path: Building Acceptance for All Learning Options
Watch experts discuss the barriers and solutions in accepting and expanding non-degree pathways...
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Video
Guided Career Pathways Framework
Learn about a new model for postsecondary learning that addresses the needs of a changing economy...
At the Crossroads of ‘I can,’ ‘I should,’ and ‘I want’
Discover how we can leverage a Japanese framework to guide students toward more targeted pathways...
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Report
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Good Jobs Framework
Understand how parents perceive higher education for their kids in the midst of changing needs and costs...
Accepting that Four-Year College Is No Longer a Panacea For Today’s Students
Explore what adults can do to help guide students to the paths that work for them...
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Report
, Research
Podcast: Lessons in Adolescence with Julie Lammers & Dr. Rahul Choudaha
Explore the results of a survey of employers and adolescents around non-degree postsecondary education opportunities...
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Video
No Dead Ends: How Career and Technical Education Can Provide Today’s Youth With Pathways to College and Career Success
Get practitioner-informed education policy considerations to strengthen career pathways for today’s youth...
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Report
, Research
Career Navigation Technology Market Scan
Dive into a scan of career navigation technology and tools, as well as innovations, trends, and areas of opportunity...
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Report
, Research
