Every JFF skills-first resource,
all in one place

Regional Partnership Application

Regional leaders: collaborate with JFF to strengthen your community’s skills-first ecosystem through localized research, expert coaching, and funding to help put your ideas into practice. Apply here.

From Paper to Digital Proof

Employers need better ways to evaluate talent. Our national survey shows jobseekers are ready to embrace digital credentials, even as product development lags. Read the report.

Delivering on Skills-First Potential

The convergence of AI, policy momentum, and economic pressure makes this a critical moment for skills-first strategies. And to truly transform the workforce, it must deliver tangible outcomes or risk losing critical momentum. Learn More.

Introducing the Skills First Specialty Credential

We’re proud to have partnered with SHRM Foundation to develop a new credential for HR leaders, featuring tools, real-world examples, and a practical roadmap to put skills-first strategies into action. Learn more.

Find the right resources for your goals 

At JFF, we believe a skills-first future is essential to driving economic success for people, businesses, and communities. Use the filters below to find insights, tools, and resources designed to help your organization move from a skills-first vision to real-life implementation.

Tool

Skills Readiness Planner

An HR leader’s guide to assessing organizational readiness and accelerating skills-based transformation. Advancing and sustaining your…

Project

Skills at the Core

Skills are the currency of future-focused colleges and universities. Skills-first learning models, like competency-based education,…

Report/Research

Direct Assessment Competency-Based Education: Implementation Blueprint

The Direct Assessment Competency-Based Education: Implementation Blueprint is a hands-on road map for institutional and…

Tool

Power Your Workforce

The Employer’s Playbook for Unlocking Skilled Talent through Community College Partnerships Community college career and…

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Exemplars in Work-Based Learning

Program exemplars are work-based learning initiatives that demonstrate many of the quality indicators, serving as…

Project

Work-Based Learning Framework

Welcome to the Work-Based Learning Framework. This guide provides everything you need to know about…

Report/Research

In Brief – How State Policy Can Transform Career Navigation for Young People: A 50-State Analysis

This two-pager summarizes findings from our new 50-state analysis outlining how states can build more…

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Occupational Mobility Explorer

This interactive tool developed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia allows users to explore career…

Market Scan

Transformative Edtech Solutions for Prison Learning Programs

A market scan of technology tools and platforms that can expand and improve education and…

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Creating a Skills-First Future Together

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Let’s talk

We believe that cross-sector collaboration is crucial to achieving 
a skills-first future. That’s why we partner with organizations across the skills-ecosystem—from employers and educators to policymakers and CBOs. Get in touch with our team to explore ways we can work together.

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