workforce Publications

The Right Jobs: Identifying Career Advancement Opportunities for Low-Skilled Workers (September 2005)
What jobs are projected to grow? What jobs offer good starting wages with potential for advancement? What jobs are accessible without a four-year college degree... read more
Engaging Employers to Benefit Low-Income Job Seekers: Lessons from the Jobs Initiative (June 2005)
Employers make choices that are key to the ability of low-income people to get and keep jobs and to advance in the workforce. Given this important role, En... read more
Building Skills, Increasing Economic Vitality: A Handbook of Innovative State Policies (January 2005)
States have been exploring a variety of strategies to increase economic vitality by building the educational and technical skills of the workforce. In this hand... read more
Creating Pathways to Advancement: A Manual for Project Developers (November 2004)
Developed by JFF, Creating Pathways to Advancement exemplifies a growing field of practice in career ladders and low-skilled worker advancement models. The Path... read more
Breaking Through: Helping Low-Skilled Adults Enter and Succeed in College and Careers (November 2004)
Around the country, innovative community colleges are playing a larger role in helping low-skilled adults gain the valuable skills and credentials that are the ... read more
Profiles of Partnerships, Programs, and Practices to Illustrate the U.S. Employment and Training Administration’s New Vision for Youth Services (October 2004)
The number of high-school-age students who do not complete high school is a serious challenge facing our educational and workforce systems. The Office of Youth ... read more
Programs that Advance Low-Wage, Low-Skill Workers: A Directory of Applicants to the 2003 Career Advancement Strategy Competition (April 2004)
JFF is undertaking a multi-year effort to accelerate the development and expansion of workforce strategies that advance lower-skilled individuals into better jo... read more
Fair Cities: Employer-led Efforts That Produce Results for Ethnic Minorities (March 2004)
On average, ethnic minorities in the United Kingdom experience higher unemployment, lower pay, and fewer opportunities for advancement than whites. At the same ... read more
Private Employers and Public Benefits (February 2004)
Many low-income workers fail to take advantage of benefits for which they may be eligible, including tax credits, food stamps, medical insurance, and housing su... read more
The Next Challenge: Advancement of Low-Skilled, Low-Wage Workers (January 2004)
With the series Advancement for Low-Wage Workers, JFF seeks to elevate discussion of this critical issue within and outside the workforce field. These occa... read more