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The landscape of work is evolving for both employers and their teams. WorkingNation highlights key workforce challenges by amplifying insights from industry experts who believe that to strengthen our economy, we must equip our workforce. By combining deep expertise, strategic partnerships, and connections across various sectors, WorkingNation shares impactful stories and fosters discussions about solutions that can support a flourishing middle class. A productive workforce is vital for a healthy nation, and we are assisting America in redefining what it means to be prepared for the future.

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Empowering Native American students through culture-based education

3 days ago | workingnation.com | Ramona Schindelheim

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Pandora | Youtube Music | RSSIn this episode of Work in Progress, I’m joined by Casie Wise, senior program manager for the National Indian Education Association (NIEA), a nonprofit advocating and advancing comprehensive, culture-based educational opportunities for American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians.
This is why we need to close the digital divide

1 week ago | workingnation.com | Ramona Schindelheim

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Pandora | Youtube Music | RSSIn this episode of Work in Progress, we discuss the impact of closing the digital divide, how it can connect learners, workers, and jobseekers to new opportunities for economic mobility, and how it could can new jobs around the country.
Chicago employers are investing in long-overlooked communities, bringing opportunity

1 week ago | workingnation.com | Ramona Schindelheim

When Juatise Gathings planned to leave her corporate job at Discover Financial Services to pursue social service work, things took an unexpected turn that would change her life and the lives of many others.
Report: Are we making learner support systems too complicated?

2 weeks ago | workingnation.com | Ramona Schindelheim

It’s a widely-held belief that many students need more comprehensive support systems to help them succeed and graduate from their educational programs. A new white paper argues that instead of doing more, we should simply be making things a lot easier for learnersThat analysis comes from by ideas42, a nonprofit that applies behavioral science to social problems.
VEX World Robotics Championship competitors gather with dreams of victory, STEM careers

2 weeks ago | workingnation.com | Michael James

When competitors gather in Dallas next week (May 6-14) for the VEX World Robotics Championship, organizers expect 2,400 teams from 60 countries. The student competitors will range from elementary school all the way to college. About 1,000 teams of middle- and high-schoolers from more than 30 countries competed at the 2016 VEX World’s robotics competition in Nashville – shown in a WorkingNation video being re-released today – with some elementary-level competitions just added a year or two before.
Second chance hiring is a powerful way to break the cycle of poverty

2 weeks ago | workingnation.com | Ramona Schindelheim

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Pandora | Youtube Music | RSSIn this episode of Work in Progress, I’m joined by Dane Linn, senior vice president of corporate initiatives for the Business Roundtable, to discuss second chance hiring and how opening the door to people who are justice-impacted is good for the individual, society, and the economy. More inclusive hiring is a powerful way to break the cycle of poverty for many Americans.
Online education booms in an era of lifelong learning

2 weeks ago | workingnation.com | Michael James

Jason Delonais may be a police chief today, but in the mid- to late-2000s, he was an Iraq War veteran wrapping up his service as a U.S. Navy hospital corpsman and trying to find a pathway to a bachelor’s degree. Right around that time, he found Excelsior University, an online-only school in Albany, N.Y.“You can work on it anytime, day or night,” he says.
Building a blueprint for an inclusive, sustainable, and economically viable green future

2 weeks ago | workingnation.com | Ramona Schindelheim

Welcome to Quality Jobs. Green Future., our WorkingNation digital magazine produced in partnership with Jobs for the Future. In these pages, we take a closer look at the movement to create more climate-resilient communities that not only will mitigate the impact of climate change but will create quality green jobs for people in those communities. Quality Jobs. Green Future focuses on the work being undertaken through the Climate-Resilient Employees for a Sustainable Tomorrow (CREST) initiative.
Report: Gen Z pessimistic about work and life success, survey suggests

3 weeks ago | workingnation.com | Michael James

Gen Z young adults are growing more pessimistic about their future prospects at work and in life, and many fear they lack the skills for today’s entry-level job market, suggests a report from Goodwill Industries International, based upon McKinsey survey results. The report, Closing the Opportunity Gap, suggests a need to upskill and reskill young people and others entering the workforce, such as justice-impacted individuals.
Workers skilled through alternative routes are seeing access to greater economic mobility

3 weeks ago | workingnation.com | Ramona Schindelheim

After 20 years of declining opportunity, the economic mobility for STARS – people ‘skilled through alternative routes’ other than a four-year degree – is on an upward trajectory. They are now getting greater access to good-paying jobs and promotions, thanks to a movement toward skills-first hiring, according to a new report released this morning by nonprofit Opportunity@Work, The State of the Paper Ceiling.