Industry Resources
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REPORTS
New York State Recovery Group and Invest in Skills New York
A New Way Forward: Bold Actions to Reshape New York’s Labor Market
New York City Employment and Training Coalition and the New York Workforce Recovery Strategy Group
Recovery for All: A Vision for New York City’s Equitable Economic Recovery
JobsFirstNYC
Accounting for Success: A Blueprint for Measuring the Performance of New York State’s Workforce Development System
JobsFirstNYC
The Early Impact of COVID-19 on Young Adult Workforce Development: Insights from the Field
Center for an Urban Future
Essential Yet Vulnerable: NYC’s Human Services Nonprofits Face Financial Crisis During Pandemic
Center for NYC Affairs
No Cure In Sight: The COVID-19 Economic Virus in New York City as the End of Summer Approaches
Burning Glass Technology
Different Skills, Different Gaps. Measuring and Closing the Skills Gap
The Center for Popular Democracy
Job Quality and Economic Opportunity in Retail: Key Findings from a National Survey of the Retail Workforce
NYC Office of the Comptroller
The New Geography of Jobs: A Blueprint for Strengthening NYC Neighborhoods
Center for an Urban Future
Making the Connection. Aligning Small Businesses and the Workforce Development System
Community Service Society of New York + JobsFirstNYC
Declines in New York City’s Out-Of-School, Out-Of-Work Young Adult Population… But Numbers Remain High
JP Morgan & Chase Co.
Swiping Right for the Job. How Tech is Changing “Matching” in the Workforce
Corporation for a Skilled Workforce
Nurturing Inquiry and Innovation: Lessons from the Workforce Benchmarking Improvement Collaborative
NYC Workforce Strategy Group
Re-Envisioning the New York City Workforce System: Research on Recommendations – What Works-and What Doesn’t-in Restructuring Workforce Development Systems in U.S. Cities and States
DIGITAL TOOLS
The tools below are included based on feedback from workforce practitioners about programmatic usefulness and accessibility by nonprofits. WPTI has no affiliation with producers of the tools and does not endorse them in any way.
HubSpot for Nonprofits is an integrated data platform with tools for customer relationship management, social media marketing, content management, lead generation, web analytics, search engine optimization, live chat, and customer support.
The Center for Popular Democracy
National Survey of Retail Workers: Key Insights for Workforce Development
Urban Justice Center + The Center for Frontline Retail
Pathways to Success: The Need for Accessible, Appropriate Trainings for Retail Workers
Gallup & Strada Education Network
From College to Life: Relevance and the Value of Higher Education. Part 2
Gallup & Strada Education Network
From College to Life: Relevance and the Value of Higher Education. Part 1
National Fund for Workforce Solutions
Systems Change in the National Fund for Workforce Solutions
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Reengaging New York City’s Disconnected Youth Through Work
Community Service Society of New York + JobsFirstNYC
Barriers to Entry. Fewer Out-of-School, Out-of-Work Young Adults, As Warning Sign Emerge
JobsFirstNYC
Online but Disconnected. Young Adults’ Experiences with Online Job Applications
Urban Institute
Changing Workforce Systems: A Framework for Describing and Measuring Systems Change
The Pinkerton Foundation
When the Employer Is the Trainer: Lessons from Cooperative Home Care Associates
Corporation for a Skilled Workforce
Apples to Apples: Making Data Work for Community-Based Workforce Development Programs
Corporation for a Skilled Workforce
Learning to Thrive: How Data Can Fuel Better Workforce Development Results
Restore Opportunity Now
Undervalued & Underpaid: How New York State Shortchanges Nonprofit Human Services Providers and their Workers
Corporation for a Skilled Workforce
Apples to Apples: Making Data Work for Community-Based Workforce Development Programs Data Update
