Tools and Insights for Innovative, People-Centered Practices

Impact Employer The Impact Employer Model moves corporate leaders from theory to action by building equitable policies and practices to support equitable economic advancement for their workers.

The role of employers as a source of learning, development, and economic aIt’s time to invest boldly in L&D—learn how to step into this opportunity to drive equitable career mobility for your workers and strong returns for your business through our strategy checklist.

This special edition of our Impact Employer Framework offers insights into the unique challenges COVID-19 has created for companies, along with emerging practices to help business leaders navigate recovery from the pandemic and related crises.

Impact Employers take a fundamentally different approach to attracting, developing, and retaining talent—they prioritize the social and economic well-being of employees. Our guide shows you how to put these ideas into action.

This JFF report examines approaches to downsizing that position former employees for economic advancement and foster improvements in staff performance, engagement, and loyalty. These strategies position companies for growth and lessen operational, legal, and reputational risks associated with layoffs.

This report from JFF and the Tent Partnership for Refugees offers employers a guide to innovative ways to help workers overcome language barriers. It’s designed for companies that are turning to workers from immigrant and refugee backgrounds to strengthen their talent pipelines.

Companies that invest in developing entry- and mid-level talent from immigrant and refugee backgrounds increase business value and worker well-being at the same time. This report lays out the case for unlocking this population’s potential.

This update on a JFF and Turning Basin Labs initiative to identify and invest in “high road” employment models in California features a worker-driven framework for assessing job quality and a tool employers can use to design rewarding jobs.

This JFF market scan examines innovative efforts to expand pathways into technology careers for Black learners and workers. The programs, initiatives, and digital platforms we highlight provide individuals with genuine opportunities for economic advancement.

Millions of young adults who lost jobs in the pandemic are still either unemployed or working in low-wage jobs. This report highlights strategies that talent developers can use to help young adults secure higher-paying jobs with opportunities for advancement.