Guided Career Pathways Framework
Dramatic disruptions in our labor market and economy require a responsive and dynamic model for postsecondary education. The lines between learning and work are fading as people find that they must continually develop new skills…
Building Equitable Pathways Podcast
Season 2 Trailer The Building Equitable Pathways Podcast by Jobs for the Future (JFF) is back! In Season Two, host Kyle Hartung from JFF and his guests explore the necessary conditions for transformative change and…
Building a Skills-Based Talent Marketplace
Skills-based practices make pathways to good careers more accessible to a wider segment of the workforce by focusing on what workers can do, not on the degrees or certifications they’ve earned. The verifiable credentials wallets…
Purpose-Built to Advance Equity
JFFLabs features solutions for Black advancement within tech careers, including a commitment to transforming the systems in which we all learn and work. Mapping the Ecosystem To understand this landscape, we built a list of…
Strengthening STEM and Computer Science Outcomes for Tennessee High School Students
The Work-Based Courses Blueprint is a foundational guide for all Tennessee SySTEM school sites engaged in designing and developing work-based courses for 11th and 12th grade students. Specifically, this blueprint covers pertinent work-based courses topics…
Personalizing the Learning and Work Experiences of Young Adults
As the economy struggles to recover from the pandemic and the ensuing volatility and labor shortages, leaders in the field of young adult talent development are seeing a need to develop approaches that address the…
Building Effective Technology Internships
A three-year study that JFF conducted for the National Science Foundation shows that community college technology internships can be effective bridges to employment for postsecondary students. The research showed that when internships were required for…
Navigating the Maze of Short-Term Credentials to Boost Young Adult Talent
This brief provides an overview of the burgeoning short-term credential marketplace for young adult talent developers—the community-based organizations that work with young people ages 16 to 24 who are not in school or working. Many…
Verizon Partnership
Outcomes Through a combination of research and data analysis, assessments of labor market information, and skills mapping activities, JFF produced three research reports and a presentation that provided Verizon with information about macroeconomic trends that…