Opportunity@Work

The online resource hub aims to accelerate tech industry adoption of racially and educationally equitable skill-based career pathways based on direct learnings from tech workers The Kapor Foundation, a leading organization focused on…
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Greenhouse Senior Manager of Editorial Content, Micah Gebreyes, speaks with Talent Makers at Adobe, Upwork, WPP and more, celebrating their work in strengthening diverse and inclusive hiring practices Greenhouse, the hiring software…
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Nonprofits the Ad Council and Opportunity@Work lead landmark partnership of employers, talent developers and nonprofits on behalf of the majority of U.S. workers without a bachelor's degree Nonprofit organizations the Ad Council and …
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New research by Opportunity@Work finds Black workers without bachelor’s degrees are disproportionately excluded from middle- and high-wage jobs; identifies untapped pathways to economic mobility for Black STARs As employers continue to…
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New insights reveal degree discrimination’s negative impact on employers and the 70+ million workers Skilled Through Alternative Routes (STARs) Exclusionary hiring practices and an overreliance on college degrees have led to downward…
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Nonprofit names three strategic leaders to executive team; continuing rapid expansion this year Today, Opportunity@Work announced the new hires of Angela Briggs-Paige as Vice President of People & Culture and Brian Matthew Rhodes…
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Bridgette Gray, former Chief Impact Officer at Per Scholas, joins nonprofit to connect companies with qualified talent and to support career pathways for STARs Opportunity@Work announced the hiring of new Chief Customer Officer…
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Research conducted by Opportunity@Work shows that the largest group of Black workers active in the U.S. labor market are STARs — workers who are Skilled Through Alternative Routes other than a four-year degree. These workers have developed…
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Everberg Capital ("Everberg"), a structured capital fund focused on investing primarily in the U.S. middle market, announced the closing of a significant preferred equity investment supporting Two Sigma Impact and BayPine's investment in…
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Workers without four-year college degrees who have the skills for higher-wage work often do not realize these higher wages, according to groundbreaking research released today by the nonprofit Opportunity@Work.  Astonishingly, the…
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