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People and organizations are working to improve job quality in a wide range of contexts, with varying geographic, political, cultural, and industry factors.
One of the challenges for our field is recognizing that methods will vary across contexts and building best practices that are specific but adaptable.
The Job Quality Center of Excellence features Topic Guides—curated collections of resources designed around specific industries, themes, and methods for improving job quality. Our current guides include resources on:
Our topic guide on Small Business Job Quality Advising was created as part of the Economic Opportunities Program’s Shared Success Demonstration. It offers guidance for business advisors at community development financial institutions on how to engage small business owners in conversations about improving job quality.
The guide centers business value and includes a variety of resources to assist business owners in addressing poor job quality across different job components.
These guides may serve as an entry point for those beginning to explore job quality, and we aim to continue developing them as hubs for industry and topic-specific best practices.
The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program advances strategies, policies, and ideas to help low- and moderate-income people thrive in a changing economy.
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