Kate
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Senior Director, Accountability and International Policy
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Infrastructure Bill Must Create Pathways for Women To Enter Construction Trades
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Infrastructure Bill Must Create Pathways for Women To Enter Construction Trades
The infrastructure bill represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to expand women’s access to good jobs in construction trades.
It’s Time for a Workforce Disclosure Reset
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It’s Time for a Workforce Disclosure Reset
The current moment demands that the SEC add specific human capital metrics to its current disclosure regime to provide investors, other market participants, and the public reliable, consistent, and comparable information about companies’ management of their workers.
Preparing Students of Color for the Future Workforce
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Preparing Students of Color for the Future Workforce
Community members in Indiana and New Mexico provide context on how Black, Latinx, and Indigenous students should be fully prepared for the future workforce.
Good Jobs for All: How Federal Laws Can Create Pathways From Education and Training to Good Jobs
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Good Jobs for All: How Federal Laws Can Create Pathways From Education and Training to Good Jobs
Federal legislation must focus on job quality to reduce gaps in education and lead to good jobs.
A Multiple Measures Approach to Workforce Equity
Report
![RIVERSIDE, CA -- APRIL 28: Associates fill orders for both Ralphs and Food 4 Less grocery stores at the Ralphs Distribution Center on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in Riverside, CA. The 80 acre, 1.2 million square feet, full service distribution center employing 1100 workers took on more product after automated warehouses couldn't keep up with the spike in demand after restaurants were shuttered. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)]()
A Multiple Measures Approach to Workforce Equity
Policymakers can take a bold approach to close equity gaps by redesigning workforce accountability to focus on job quality while addressing problems that disproportionately affect workers of color.
Preparing American Students for the Workforce of the Future
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Preparing American Students for the Workforce of the Future
CAP is embarking on a research effort that focuses on preparing students for civic life and the workforce of the future.
Adjusting to a Post-Coronavirus Economy Requires Just Transitional Workforce Strategies
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Adjusting to a Post-Coronavirus Economy Requires Just Transitional Workforce Strategies
Implementing a more robust set of interventions in the workforce and employment ecosystem will help springboard individuals back to work immediately and improve the quality of jobs.
Building a Strong Middle Class Through Career Pathways Programs
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![Vietnamese nursing trainees are received at the Rostock University Medical Center in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Rostock, September 2019. (Vietnamese nursing trainees are received at the Rostock University Medical Center in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Rostock, September 2019.)]()
Building a Strong Middle Class Through Career Pathways Programs
The United States can raise academic outcomes, lower youth unemployment, and strengthen its economy by following the leads of Germany, Singapore, and Switzerland in training their youth for in-demand jobs.
Quality Workforce Partnerships
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Quality Workforce Partnerships
Key features of two quality workforce partnerships offer lessons on how workforce intermediaries and employers can design mutually beneficial relationships that connect working Americans—across racial and gender lines—to good jobs in the 21st century.
Fact Sheet: A Design for Workforce Equity
Fact Sheet
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Fact Sheet: A Design for Workforce Equity
New CAP work details a workforce redesign approach to ensuring quality training and employment.
A Design for Workforce Equity
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![After the fourth and final day of a job training program, a participant sits in the downtown public library on May 3, 2018, in Omaha, Nebraska. (Getty/Jahi Chikwendiu)]()
A Design for Workforce Equity
Redesigning for equity in workforce development would ensure job quality for all workers, increase competitiveness, and drive inclusionary growth.
Public Sector Training Partnerships Build Power
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Public Sector Training Partnerships Build Power
Public sector training partnerships raise standards for workers and taxpayers—and they strengthen unions at the same time.