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Workforce Development is a Crucial Part of Digital Equity

With details of state broadbands funds from NTIA expected to be announced soon, Brookings’ Nicole Turner Lee and Jack Malamud share recommendations on building a more inclusive broadband workforce.

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Expanding Skills-Based Hiring in New York

The Center for an Urban Future held a policy symposium that explored the opportunity to greatly expand the practice of skills-based hiring across New York City’s economy.

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The Technology/Jobs Puzzle: A European Perspective

Pierre-Alexandre Balland, Lucía Bosoer and Andrea Renda through the European University Institute, recently published a new report analyzing European approaches to good jobs as part of the work of the Markle Technology Policy and Research Consortium.

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Management Matters Podcast: Skill-Based Hiring in the Workforce with Beth Cobert

Beth Cobert, Markle’s Acting President, joined Terry Gerton, President and CEO of NAPA, on the Management Matters Podcast to discuss skills-based practices.

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Longer Lives Mean Longer Careers – so How Do We Prepare?

These longer lives mean longer careers, so how do we prepare? That’s one of the questions The Century Summit 2022, hosted by the Stanford Center of Longevity, aimed to answer when it convened researchers, advocates, and others, to explore how we can make century-long lives healthier, more productive, and more equitable.

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Reimagining the Broadband Technology Workforce

Nicol Turner Lee and Brady Tavernier from the Brookings Institution recently shared findings from an online workshop as part of the Markle Tech Policy Research Consortium.

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Stanford’s Workshop on AI: The Challenges of the Turing Trap

Stanford University’s Digital Economy Lab, a key partner in the Markle’s Tech Policy Research Consortium, held a workshop In the Spring of 2022, with the goal of addressing the current challenges and potential solutions to the “Turing Trap”.

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Four Steps to Writing a Skills-Based Job Posting

Adopting skills-based practices is a great way for employers to find the skilled talent they need while building a more diverse and equitable workforce.

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Southwest Solutions and the Rework America Alliance Partner to Bring Skills-Based Practices and Opportunity to Detroit Job Seekers

The Detroit at Work center operated by Rework America Alliance partner Southwest Solutions aims to assist low-wage individuals who want a career that will help them obtain a sustainable income.

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