This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A Hewlett Packard internal report found that female employees applied for a promotion only when they believed they met 100 percent of the qualifications listed for the job, whereas male employees…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While the vast majority of Americans with disabilities want to work, just over one-third are able to find jobs, according to a recent survey from RespectAbility, a nonprofit that works to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The young woman in the black sweatshirt was indignant. Across the negotiating table, a stern, occasionally sharp-tongued adversary refused to budge — first on wages and now on the organization’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Maxine Turner left school without a single qualification. Maxine is speaking at Mowbray Gardens Library in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, where a group is gathering for lessons taught by the Workers Educational…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. African governments, corporations, and development groups want to build a single digital market on the continent — a unified space aimed at boosting integration and development. A key organization behind…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. JOBS, which operated in Portland, Oregon in the mid to late 1990s, was a mandatory welfare-to-work program for single-parent welfare recipients whose children were over one year in age. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Building and keeping a highly effective nonprofit staff is really tricky. The recently released 2015 Nonprofit Employment Practices Survey from NonprofitHR found that 50% of nonprofits surveyed plan to add new positions in 2015, compared to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Jane Friedhoff is a riot grrrl game developer. What does that mean? She creates power fantasies for women through the joy of unadulterated play. Her latest title, Lost Wage Rampage, essentially reappropriates the hyper-masculinity of Grand…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Less than two weeks after President Trump’s State of the Union in which he declared that “American heart, American hands, and American grit” would rebuild the country’s infrastructure, workers barely…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How many times have you seen a report where today’s top tech companies admit to struggling to recruit top diverse talent? Only 2% of Google’s workforce is black, and at Twitter, just 3%…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The proportion of U.S. adults in paid work has declined in recent decades. While the fall in male employment gets the most attention, female work rates are declining too. A new NBER…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Go to overlooked places: Love of place drives the desire of entrepreneurs to solve local problems. Solve real problems: The best entrepreneurs solve problems they understand from their own lived experience.…