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  • 'Choose Purpose': Cities Launch Ad Campaigns to Convince YOU to Work for Them

    February 13, 2019 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States

    Denver, Minneapolis, and San Francisco are a few of the cities zeroing in on the millennial desire for purpose in their careers by incorporating purposeful narratives in recruitment. Viewing government more as a brand, the cities use slogans like "Be a part of the city that you love," "Choose purpose," and "Serving community. Building careers" in their advertisements.

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  • Is the Answer to Crime More Cops?

    February 13, 2019 |

    The Marshall Project |

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    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    As cities across the United States grapple with the decline in law enforcement applications and officers, New York is adapting by using a workload allocation model to figure out the number of police officers actually needed and in what positions. While other cities, like Memphis, seek private funding to hire more police officers – a model that hasn’t shown demonstrably to decrease crime.

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  • Her clothes are keeping female construction workers, firefighters and paramedics safe

    January 09, 2019 |

    CNN |

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    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    Founded on addressing the lack of properly fitted workwear for women in the labor industry, SeeHerWork sells designed and tested products like gloves, safety vests, and backpacks specifically for women. In doing so, the company hopes to provide women with the safety, equipment, and confidence they need to do their jobs and stay safe.

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  • Australia tried 3 fixes to take bias out of hiring — here's what worked

    January 09, 2019 |

    Apolitical |

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    Response Location: Australia, Melbourne, Victoria

    The government of Victoria, Australia partnered with businesses across the state to workshop ways cultural, gender, and other biases could be eliminated in workforce interview processes. By creating anonymous CVs, using non-gendered language, and training employees on unconscious biases, this "Recruit Smarter" plan saw increased employment consideration for women, minorities, and people with disabilities.

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  • One Of America's Poorest Cities Has A Radical Plan To Remake Itself

    November 27, 2018 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Evergreen Cooperative in Cleveland is on a path to make wealth and business ownership more accessible. They operate several cooperative businesses: a laundry and a solar panel firm among them, all of which choose to welcome most applicants for employee-ownership, regardless of income or wealth or if they have spent time in prison. The model hopes to grow through the city with the rise of patient capital and growing support of the cooperative movement.

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  • Taking Your Child to Work, When Your Job Is Making Theater

    November 06, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    For women working in theatre, child care remains one of the biggest barriers to advancement, but groups of mothers are working to change that and make a more welcoming work place. These solutions include work breaks long enough to accommodate breast-feeding, rooms designated for that purpose, options for babysitting during auditions, and long work hours.

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  • Spreading the Good News of Worker-Owned Businesses in D.C.

    November 02, 2018 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    When Juan Reid had a hard time finding a job after his release from prison, he finally founded a worker cooperative called Tightshift Laboring Cooperative. He wanted to create sustainable employment opportunities for himself and others coming out of prison. This is part of a larger trend of worker cooperatives in the Washington, D.C. area. The DC Employee Ownership Initiative and Coop DC are two groups helping businesses like Tightshift and others.

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  • Soft skills, tech jobs: What Philly can learn from Albuquerque's anti-poverty push

    October 26, 2018 |

    Technical.ly Philly |

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    Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    As Philadelphia struggles to make a dent on its high poverty rate, it can look to solutions in Albuquerque, New Mexico. One key is putting many support providers under one roof: the New Mexico Workforce Connection is a one-stop shop for New Mexico residents looking for jobs. A key benefit is the soft skills assessment that proves credibility when people lack a college degree. Also, tech and coding programs are starting as early as middle school throughout the state. Though New Mexico’s solutions are still working to be more inclusive and accessible, they are on the right track, and others are noticing.

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  • A Rural Colorado Coal County Was Struggling. Then A Tech Company Brought New Jobs

    October 19, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Hotchkiss, Colorado

    After “the shock” that laid off many coal miners in Delta County, Colorado, the area is experiencing a resurgence. Population is growing, finally, and a fiber optic internet company has stimulated the economy with new jobs. The company, Lightworks Fiber, has been on hiring spree, with 40 positions they are still looking to fill. It’s still a big transition from the coal economy - but not necessarily a bad one.

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  • This program wants to build a new tech workforce in West Virginia

    October 19, 2018 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, Huntington, West Virginia

    Generation West Virginia, a nonprofit created “to support opportunities for young people to build up their own careers and the economy in the state overall,” has expanded its programming. Its newest initiative is a tech training school to create a larger tech pipeline in the state, connect young people to tech jobs, and incentivize those young people to stay. The initiative, called NewForce, will succeed based on the strength of its partnerships. Partners will help cover tuition costs and be ready to recruit graduates for jobs.

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