Slope of the Curve
The animated short sounds the alarm on a looming U.S. unemployment crisis.
The conversation on the ever-changing jobs market has hit a fever pitch in recent years as advancements in technology redefine the role of the American worker.
Recognizing the need for a platform that dives deeper into the issue, venture capitalist Art Bilger formed WorkingNation, a not-for-profit national campaign dedicated to explaining the high stakes of structural unemployment and investigating potential solutions to the problem through innovative storytelling.
Today’s Worker Must Be FutureProof
The workplace landscape continues changing at an astoundingly rapid pace. Learning new skills and highlighting transferable skills will pave the way for workers to find new opportunities, including in jobs and careers that haven’t yet been imagined.
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Rethink Ready
In this series, WorkingNation tells the human story of the action taken by one worker, one program, or one company to remain competitive, as the needs of a job, an industry, or a community change.
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Dante’s Story
More Skills, More Opportunities
It’s never too late to find your passion career. Stories about layoffs are all over the media, but for the lifelong learner, the end to one job can be the beginning of a new exciting chapter. In this preview of The Middle: The Tale of Two Indys, a soon-to-be released WorkingNation documentary directed by Jonathan Barenboim, we meet Dante. After losing his manufacturing job, he made the most of it. When life gave him lemons, Dante became an engineer.
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ChangeMaker – Kevin Mahoney
Hari Sreenivasan had a chance to “virtually” sit down and chat with Kevin Mahoney, CEO of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, about how COVID-19 has changed medical care and service delivery, where the jobs of the future in medicine will be with or without degrees, and the innovations that are driving exciting changes in medical care.
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Megan’s Story
Creating Pipelines of Talent
As the nation focuses on slowing the spread of COVID-19, entrepreneur Megan Glover transitioned her water testing startup, 120Water, to support the testing of waste water to slow the virus. During this difficult time, entrepreneurs around the country are finding ways to repurpose their companies or coming up with solutions that utilize a remote workforce.
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The Table: Veterans and Work
Untapped Talent Pools
Every year, more than 200,000 military veterans make the transition into civilian life. While they prove to be excellent employees, many of them experience underemployment due to a mismatch of their military skills and experience and the civilian labor market. WorkingNation convened a group of business and education leaders to discuss ways to make navigating the workplace less difficult for veterans.
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