Workforce Development

Lessons and Takeaways from Supporting Small Businesses to Improve Job Quality: Seven Tips for Workforce Organizations

Here are seven lessons around prospecting, recruitment, and engagement based on our experience working with Pacific Community Ventures.

April 12, 2022
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Centering Worker Voice in Employer Engagement and Program Design: A Tool for Conducting Worker Surveys for Workforce Organizations

Workforce organizations can unlock worker expertise and engagement in ways that strengthen job quality, equity, and the business bottom line.

April 12, 2022
Cover page for the publication "Centering Worker Voice in Employer Engagement and Program Design: A Tool for Conducting Worker Surveys for Workforce Organizations"

Centering Worker Voice in Employer Engagement and Program Design: A Guide for Leading Worker Focus Groups for Workforce Organizations

Workforce organizations can unlock worker expertise and engagement in ways that strengthen job quality, equity, and the business bottom line.

April 12, 2022
Cover page for the publication "Centering Worker Voice in Employer Engagement and Program Design: A Guide for Workforce Organizations"

Economic Opportunities Program Newsletter, March 2022

Confronting inequity, restoring the promise of work, and broadening opportunities are essential to building a more free, just, and equitable world.

March 31, 2022

Economic Opportunities Program Newsletter, February 2022

The pandemic and associated crises bring new urgency to our work to improve jobs, expand business ownership, and advance economic opportunity.

February 28, 2022

Economic Opportunities Program Newsletter, January 2022

The pandemic and associated crises bring new urgency to our work to improve jobs, expand business ownership, and advance economic opportunity.

January 31, 2022

New Year, New Twitter Handle

Improving work can promote equity, healthy families, and a strong economy. Our new Twitter handle @AspenJobQuality reflects this long-running goal.

January 10, 2022
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Digital Skills Discussion Guide: A Tool for Workforce Service Providers

As workers adapt to a more digital workplace, workforce providers can learn how employers are integrating technology and upskilling their employees.

December 29, 2021
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Economic Opportunities Program Newsletter, December 2021

The COVID-19 crisis brings new urgency to our work to improve jobs, expand business ownership, and advance economic opportunity.

December 29, 2021

2021 Year in Review – Economic Opportunities Program

We are grateful for and proud of the conversations, ideas, and outcomes the EOP team has advanced – and optimistic about the opportunities ahead.

December 21, 2021
Photo of wooden blocks spelling out the year. The final block is in the process of flipping from 2021 to 2022.