Resources Curated for Your Organization

Merrit Stüven

Associate Director

Improving job quality looks different depending on your role.


A small business owner needs different tools than a federal policymaker or a workforce development case manager. That is why the Job Quality Center of Excellence allows you to filter by Audience. We have tagged every resource in our library so you can easily find materials designed for your area of work.

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How to Build Job Quality into Your Workforce Development Approach

This tool from the San Diego Workforce Partnership centers on seven actionable steps workforce development practitioners can take to assess and improve job quality. In addition, it provides an overall framework for job quality, broken down into indicators that help users prioritize and understand the levers they can pull to improve job quality for the people they serve.


Find more resources like this one by filtering for Workforce & Economic Development.


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If you’d like to talk more about the Job Quality Center of Excellence, especially if you are working to improve job quality but don’t see your organization type reflected in our audience categories, please feel free to reach out to me at [email protected].


About the Job Quality Center of Excellence

The Job Quality Center of Excellence, developed by the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program, offers tools, resources, and guidance on job quality for those working to build a more equitable and sustainable economy.

About the Economic Opportunities Program

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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