Best Bet Services
We provide custom services and user-friendly tech tools to help students find a career pathway that suits their interests and fills regional employer needs. Best Bet Services provide youth, teachers and counselors, school districts, community…
Talent for the Future
Juan left high school and became homeless. But he has skills and drive and found a Back on Track program to help him prepare for a career in IT. JFF helps employers leverage an untapped…
Pathways to Prosperity
We are boldly reimagining how U.S. education and workforce systems meet state and regional talent needs and prepare young people for careers. We are boldly reimagining how U.S. education and workforce systems meet state and…
Job Shadowing in Agriculture
Job shadowing can inspire students and expand their knowledge of job opportunities, so they make better career decisions. This report, one of a series, explores the effective job shadowing model used by Wonderful Agriculture Career…
Getting Ahead at School
Students in The Wonderful Company’s Agriculture Career Prep program show impressive gains, as 89% of participating freshman are on track for a college degree. This report, one of a series, offers five key principals to…
Making Work-Based Learning Work
Work-based learning helps alleviate a common issue for jobseekers: meeting a “relevant work experience” prerequisite that is hard to gain outside of the workplace. Americans seeking employment often face a conundrum: relevant work experience is…
Skills Mapping in the Central Valley
This report, one of a series, examines how The Wonderful Company and its partners are using skills mapping to ensure that high school, college, and work-based learning experiences prepare students for high-paying careers in agriculture.…
Acceleration Strategies Series
Acceleration Strategies Series The Department of Labor’s Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College Career Training (TAACCCT) program is providing nearly $2 billion in funds to build the capacity of our nation’s community colleges. The Department of…
Success in Real-Time: Using Real-Time Labor Market Information to Build Better Middle-Skill STEM Pathways
Success in Real-Time: Using Real-Time Labor Market Information to Build Better Middle-Skill STEM Pathways *Success in Real-Time: Using Real-Time Labor Market Information to Build Better Middle-Skill STEM Pathways* encourages state support as colleges use high-quality,…