| Date | Title | Description |
| 31.07.2024 | Building Bridges to a Good Jobs Economy | In the landscape of American labor, a new initiative is taking root. The "Good Jobs Economy" initiative, launched by America Achieves, aims to weave together economic growth and mobility. It’s a bold step toward ensuring that good... |
| 29.07.2024 | America Achieves Launches 'Good Jobs Economy' Initiative | Initiative Will Build on Recent Tech Hubs Successes – and Help Local Communities Integrate and Advance Economic Growth with Economic Mobility to Create Good Jobs and Ensure Fair Access to Good Jobs Nationwide
Initiative and Initial Philanth... |
| 26.06.2024 | Jobs for the Future Partners with Truist Foundation to Accelerate Economic Mobility in Several Regions Across the United States | Jobs for the Future will work to build inclusive career on-ramps in IT and bridge gaps in U.S. workforce and education systems.
BOSTON, June 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Jobs for the Future (JFF), a national nonprofit that drives transfo... |
| 04.04.2024 | Jobs for the Future’s new $50M fund looks to invest in underrepresented founders | Two years ago, Jobs for the Future (JFF), a non-profit dedicated to helping low-wage workers attain upward mobility, established a venture arm, JFFVentures, to back innovative employment tech.
In a move implying that the launch went well, J... |
| 25.10.2023 | Virtual Reality Hackathon Aims to Solve Small Business Challenges in Washington, DC | XR Hackathon to Support your Local DC Businesses
During the week of October 30th, developers & entrepreneurs team up to create the next big idea in VR technology for small businesses in Washington, DC
We are bringing civic-minded techno... |
| 27.06.2023 | To Expand Access To Quality Jobs, We Need A Without Limits Approach | Despite low unemployment rates, too many jobs created in this economy are not quality jobs. It's ... [+] time to change that.JFF |
| 15.06.2023 | Jobs for the Future Launches New Center for Artificial Intelligence & the Future of Work | Jobs for the Future (JFF), a national nonprofit that drives transformation in the US education and workforce systems, announced the launch of its new Center for Artificial Intelligence & the Future of Work. This center will play an inte... |
| 02.09.2021 | Alelo AI reskills workers in half the time of conventional programs to become Semifinalist in global XPRIZE Competition | Although people were aware of workforce skill gaps before the pandemic, the pandemic brought the problem into focus. Once people got over the initial shock of having to move their work online, they became much more receptive to online solut... |
| 01.09.2021 | Statewide Community College Groups Team Up to Tackle the Crisis of Student Basic Needs Insecurity | |
| 10.08.2021 | No more toys: Perspectives of VR, AR and MR realities | No more toys: Perspectives of VR, AR and MR realities |
| 10.08.2021 | Больше не игрушки: перспективы VR, AR и MR реальностей | Больше не игрушки: перспективы VR, AR и MR реальностей |
| 15.07.2021 | JFF Awarded $13 Million US Department of Labor Funding to Expand Equity and Inclusion in Apprenticeship | Under a Cooperative Agreement With the Dol, Jff’s Center for Apprenticeship & Work-Based Learning Will Engage Employers, Community Groups, and Training Providers to Close Equity Gaps in Apprenticeship Over the Next Four Years
JFF, a nat... |
| 17.06.2021 | Fortune 500 Companies Issue New Playbook For A People-Centric Economic Recovery | Created through JFF’s Recover Stronger Coalition, this new interactive tool helps corporate leaders set new standards for employee well-being in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic
JFF, a national nonprofit that drives transformation in the A... |
| 14.06.2021 | JFF Horizons Brings Together Biden Cabinet Officials And Education And Workforce Leaders To Create A Path For Equitable Economic Recovery | Free virtual conference, June 15-16, will give thousands an opportunity to reflect and innovate on the future of education and work
Leaders in business, technology, philanthropy, public policy, investing, and education will gather June 15-1... |
| 18.02.2021 | JFF Announces New Executives in Residence Program for Education and Future of Work Pioneers | |
| 08.12.2020 | Tapping Into America's Best-Kept Future Of Work Secret | When we explore solutions to train and place workers in higher-wage jobs, the focus is often around what individual companies or programs are doing to close the gap and reach workers. However, there is another — often overlooked — resource,... |
| 19.11.2020 | Workforce Boards in Six States Selected for National Partnerships to Help Get Americans Back to Work | |
| 16.06.2020 | Students Earn AA Degrees And Job Offers As Grads From IBM Supported High Schools | IBM ChicagoTom Vander Ark |
| 19.05.2020 | A New “New Deal” For Education: Top 10 Policy Moves For States In The COVID 2.0 Era | KRANJ, SLOVENIA - 2020/05/18: A primary school teacher wearing a face mask as preventive measure ... [+] teaches a first year class that has been reduced in number of pupils for safety. Pupils of first three years of primary schools as well... |
| 24.04.2020 | If You Thought Employers Were Going To Close The Skills Gap, Think Again | My college roommate Alex was always the toughest among us. Burly and short-tempered, Alex was prone to extreme behavior like punching walls to demonstrate loyalty to his friends, or esoteric behavior like running for President of Yale Colle... |
| 02.12.2019 | Reinventing the relationship between workers and tech | Rachel Korberg Contributor
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Rachel Korberg is a program officer with the Ford Foundation’s Future of Work(ers) initiative, which seeks to build a more just and inclusive future for workers in our rapidly changing economy.
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| 30.07.2019 | Jobs for the Future Adds Investment Arm with Employee Technology Fund | It started out as an informational meeting about a year ago. Yigal Kerszenbaum, who had recently joined a venture capital fund to support startups focused on helping low-skilled workers find jobs, was introducing his work to leaders from a ... |
| 04.07.2019 | Taking You Higher: Don’t Miss These 40+ Higher-Ed Events Happening in 2019-2020 | Summertime is here, offering a much-needed respite to relax, reflect and maybe even read a book. And once you’re recharged, get set—there’s a world of learning opportunities on the horizon.
Many college students travel to study and grow. So... |
| 15.06.2017 | What’s At Stake in President Trump’s Order to Revamp Apprenticeship Programs | When President Donald Trump held a ceremony at the White House today to celebrate apprenticeship programs, he talked of the “dignity of work” and stressed that apprenticeships get students “great jobs” without the “crippling debt of traditi... |
| 27.04.2017 | Why One College is Going Back to High School to Help Students Succeed | Among the student groups, department reps and tables selling snow cones at Zane State College’s Springfest event earlier this month were fresh faces less accustomed to the rush of activity on campus. Twenty-seven students from nearby Zanesv... |
| 26.02.2015 | Walmart pledges $100 million to boost jobs | One week after announcing plans to increase the pay of low-wage workers to at least $9 an hour, Walmart is delivering more good news on the job front: The company will donate $16 million to seven non-profit groups focused on helping entry-l... |
| 19.11.2012 | Backed By $1.1 Million In Funding, Mobee Launches A Mobile Mystery Shopping App Which Rewards Customers For Reviewing Businesses | Mobee, a new Boston-based “mystery shopper” service, is launching out of private beta this week, backed by $1.1 million in seed funding. The round, now officially closed, includes investment from LaunchCapital (YourMechanic and RunKeeper ba... |
