Job Quality Tools Library

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The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program developed this Job Quality Tools Library to support leaders working in a variety of fields related to economic opportunity to engage in practical action to improve jobs. The library offers tools, resources, and guidance to help leaders adopt practices to strengthen job quality in their own organizations, in the businesses they partner with, and across labor markets. Browse the library through the stacks below, or visit our Index to view tools by field of practice.

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Table of Contents
Index of Tools by Field

Acknowledgements

This Job Quality Tools Library was made possible with generous support from Prudential Financial. We are grateful to Prudential for their steadfast support of the Economic Opportunities Program’s work to build a job quality field of practice. The Job Quality Tools Library would not be possible without the inspiring work of many organizations that have shared their job quality tools and resources and whose work is featured here. We also thank the many organizational leaders who responded to our survey and other requests for input and shared their job quality approaches, needs, and ideas with us. We hope all will find the library a valuable resource.

The curation, descriptions, and navigating text for tools and resources are the responsibility of the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program staff and do not necessarily reflect the views of Prudential Financial.

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Navigating the Future of Sustainability Strategy

How can sustainability leaders stay strategically relevant within their organizations?

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Upskilling Playbook: AI, Skill Development, and the Workforce

Leaders must view AI adoption as a development opportunity to redefine how capability is built, focusing on outcomes and consciously reinvesting capacity freed by automation to ensure growth and resilience for both the business and its people.

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Integrating a Job Quality Practice in Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs): A Q&A

This Q&A provides insights and lessons from the work of 11 CDFIs that participated in Shared Success, a job quality demonstration led by the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program (EOP).

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Job Quality Insights from Small Business Employees

Findings from this survey reinforce the importance of job quality for employee satisfaction.

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Lessons From Expert Roundtables on Implementing Trump Accounts

As leaders work to implement Trump accounts, Aspen FSP convened a series of roundtables to discuss how to make them work for the people who stand to benefit most. 

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Durable Skills, Strong Starts: What Employers Really Want from Early- Career Talent

This piece is the first in a series. We will release additional briefs over the coming months that dive deeper into findings.

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Digital Equity Frontiers: A Conversation on Digital Identity for Financial Inclusion in Mexico and Latin America

A Conversation on Digital Identity for Financial Inclusion in Mexico and Latin America