Dani Esterline: Oct 3, 2024 12:33:51 PM
Anything worthwhile takes hard work, but it's always easier with support. Workforce ecosystem players understand this better than anyone, especially...
Merit: Oct 3, 2024 10:47:13 AM
We sat down with Jason Weigle, Program Manager at the Extension Foundation, to explore how...
Merit: Sep 26, 2024 11:25:57 AM
As the workforce development landscape continues to evolve with new technologies such as Learning and...
Dani Esterline: Sep 23, 2024 10:59:42 AM
There has recently been a significant shift to skills-based hiring practices in the workforce. As players within the workforce ecosystem begin to...
Dani Esterline: Aug 6, 2024 9:43:59 AM
Any meaningful systems change within a workforce ecosystem requires collaboration, strategy, and communication. Though these words all sound...
Laura Ward: Apr 3, 2024 12:44:06 PM
We all know the frustration of running an outstanding learning program only to encounter challenges connecting talented individuals with available...
Dani Esterline: Mar 5, 2024 8:31:42 AM
Connecting learners and job seekers to meaningful pathways requires steady collaboration between education, workforce, and training agencies. When...
Merit: Feb 28, 2024 7:21:08 AM
Merit and Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Iowa have announced a partnership aimed at digitizing apprenticeship records and modernizing...
Laura Ward: Oct 20, 2023 12:29:58 PM
There’s been a recent shift to a new skills-based workforce economy and with it comes new terminology. While it can feel a bit overwhelming to keep...
Merit: Jul 11, 2023 3:30:00 AM
Need for Licensing Portability Further Validated by New Study that Shows 80% of Voters Support the Initiative
Merit: Jul 7, 2023 8:20:27 PM
After Laura Schmiegel's husband was transferred by the military for the fourth time in six years, she gave up trying (again) to transfer her legal...
Dani Esterline: Jul 6, 2023 9:06:55 AM
The workforce and education advancement organization Jobs for the Future (JFF,) held its Horizons Annual Summit on June 14th and 15th in New Orleans,...
Merit: Mar 8, 2023 3:41:11 PM
In order to give states the digital credentialing tools to build a system for standards-based workforce reciprocity between states, Merit and ...
Terron Sims, II: Feb 15, 2023 2:23:31 PM
Military families have long struggled with the challenges posed by regular reassignments to new states. These PCS (Permanent Change of Station) moves...
Merit: Nov 3, 2022 11:14:25 AM
Laura Schmiegel was attending the University of Michigan Law School when she met her...
Equitable and successful businesses that hire Fair Chance Employees promote family and community resilience by solving the root cause of recidivism -...
System maintenance remains a difficult task as many agencies rely on disconnected, legacy solutions, requiring teams to stay knowledgeable about and...
Data powers workforce systems forward and provides agencies with metrics to measure their performance and ROI, and to obtain actionable insights. But...
On the federal, state, and local levels there are an overwhelming number of workforce systems and tools with numerous requirements and access levels....