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Finding Workers in Colorado with the Right Soft Skills an Increasing Challenge for Employers

In hopes of narrowing the gap, LinkedIn has created a new online curriculum on Lynda.com to help job seekers master the most in-demand soft skills….

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Want to Future-proof Your Career? Be a Life-long Student

Wan-Lae Cheng, senior director at the Markle Foundation, cites data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics that shows 18 out of the 30 occupations…

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FRCC Partners with LinkedIn for Career Training Event

Front Range Community College has partnered with the career websites LinkedIn and Skillful for an event to help people find the training they need to…

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Bringing The Economic Graph To Life: LinkedIn Speaker Series Featuring Zoë Baird

Zoë Baird, CEO and President of the Markle Foundation, believes that the world’s economy is changing — and she’s right. Long gone are the days…

Event

LinkedIn Speaker Series

Speakers: Allen Blue, VP of Product Management and Co-Founder, LinkedIn Zoë Baird, CEO and President, Markle Foundation LinkedIn Speaker Series VP of Product Management and…

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Taking Care of Business

In 1973, the rock group Bachman-Turner Overdrive had a big hit with their song Takin’ Care of Business which celebrated the joys of being a…

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Most Employers Have Concerns About “On-Demand” Workforce

A majority of employers (56 percent) say having a full-time employee makes it easier to accommodate the ebbs and flows in work volume, and report…

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Here’s One Big Perk to Working at a Small Company

Conventional wisdom would say that, all other things being equal, it’s better to work for a big company than a small one. But there’s a…

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Slight Majority of Managers Values Full-time Workers Over Contractors

Does the American workforce need a new “social contract” to accommodate such burgeoning trends as gig workers? Or is that contract already taking shape? That’s…

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Future of Work Study Finds a Work in Progress

A Future of Work study found businesses are very much still figuring out how to treat contractors. Its conclusion: A “social contract” is in order….

Event

Aspen Ideas Festival 2016

Panelists: Zoë Baird, CEO and President, Markle Foundation Mitch Daniels, President, Purdue University and Future of Work Initiative Honorary Co-Chair Mark Warner, United States Senator…

News Release

Short-Term Benefits of Contingent Workers and Long-Term Value of Full-Time Employees at Odds in Today’s Economy

Contact: Lisa MacSpadden The Markle Foundation 212-713-7686 lmacspadden@markle.org New York— A new national survey sponsored and developed by the Aspen Institute’s Future of Work Initiative, the…