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New App Helps Pair Job Seekers and Employers

So many people are out there looking for jobs, and employers are working to hire the right people but are having trouble finding them. Now…

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There’s a New Initiative to Help Connect Job Seekers with Potential Employers (audio)

There’s a new initiative to help connect job seekers with potential employers.

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Skillful Goes Live in Phoenix

Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton will join Markle Foundation CEO and President Zoë Baird, LinkedIn Vice President of Product Management and Co-Founder Allen Blue and Arizona…

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Linkedin Partners with ASU, Markle Foundation to Launch Service for Skill-based Workers in Phoenix

A new website launched this week in Phoenix that will help pair job seekers with potential employers and educators. Skillfull.com is a partnership led by…

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A Skills-based Platform That Connects Job Seekers to Employers Launched in Phoenix Today (video)

A skills-based platform that connects job seekers to employers launched in Phoenix today.

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Here’s a New Website to Help Connect Job Seekers Without a Four-year Degree to Potential Employers (audio)

Skillful is a new website to help connect job seekers without a four-year degree to potential employers.

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Markle CEO and President Zoë Baird Named As Co-chair of U.S. Commerce Department’s Digital Economy Board of Advisors

Top CEOs Picked for Digital Economy Board of Advisors 17 Digital Economy Leaders Appointed by U.S. Commerce Department When the U.S. Secretary of Commerce committed…

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A Labor Market for the Digital Age: Pathways & Opportunities

Opening Remarks: Arthur Brooks, President, American Enterprise Institute Neera Tanden, President, Center for American Progress Roundtable: Zoë Baird, CEO and President, Markle Foundation Mitch Daniels,…

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Local Firms Partner in Launch of Job-search Platform

According to the New York City-based Markle Foundation, Skillful is aimed at individuals with high school diplomas and some college experience, but not four-year degrees….

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The Cities on the Sunny Side of the American Economy

“Opportunity is being driven by the digital economy,” said Zoë Baird, president of the Markle foundation, which recently began a pilot program called Skillful in…

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Why Skillfull Wants to Make Skills, Not a College Degree, the Ticket to a Career

Skilfull, a new online service launched by the Markle Foundation, attempts to bridge the gap between skills, a college degree, and what is actually needed…

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Zoë Baird Appointed Co-Chair of the U.S. Commerce Department’s New Digital Economy Board of Advisors

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Announces Appointees to Inaugural Digital Economy Board of Advisors U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker announced today the appointment of…