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  • Workforce Preparedness is an AI Safeguard

    Workforce Preparedness is an AI Safeguard


    Good afternoon, Speaker Menin and members of the Council. My name is Keri Faulhaber, Senior Vice President at JobsFirst NYC. JobsFirst NYC works with more than 200 partners to strengthen workforce systems and expand economic opportunity.…

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  • Learning Briefs: The Sector Networks

    Learning Briefs: The Sector Networks


    A series of Sector Networks Learning Briefs that capture key practice shifts, systemic outcomes, and recommendations for the field to sustain and expand impact. 

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  • Designed to Lead: What Young Adults Taught Us About the Future of Work

    Designed to Lead: What Young Adults Taught Us About the Future of Work


    Day 2 of Adapting to the Future of Work: Movement by Design asked the question at the heart of this year’s convening: What does it mean to design your own path in a workforce that is…

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  • The Sector Connector: Your September Work Solutions Update

    The Sector Connector: Your September Work Solutions Update


    This is a space dedicated to sharing updates from the Green Economy, Healthcare, and Tech Networks; reporting on goals and insights, relaying program openings and recruitment opportunities, and fostering cross-network collaboration. Cross-sector convergence in action! Interested…

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  • Movement by Design: Reimagining the Future of Work Together

    Movement by Design: Reimagining the Future of Work Together


    “Movement by Design means moving past big ideas and into deliberate, concrete action.” That’s how JobsFirst NYC Board Co-Chair Gregory Hambric opened the organization’s 11th annual Adapting to the Future of Work convening—and it set the…

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  • The Sector Connector: Your August Work Solutions Update

    The Sector Connector: Your August Work Solutions Update


    This is a space dedicated to sharing updates from the Green Economy, Healthcare, and Tech Sector Networks; reporting on partnership goals, insights and impacts, relaying program openings and recruitment opportunities, and deepening cross-sector collaboration.  Curious what’s…

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  • The Sector Connector: Your June Work Solutions Update

    The Sector Connector: Your June Work Solutions Update


    This is a space dedicated to sharing updates from the Green Economy, Healthcare, and Tech Networks; reporting on goals and insights, relaying program openings and recruitment opportunities, and fostering cross-network collaboration. The JPI Group greeting a…

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  • Investing in the Green Workforce: What Comes Next for NYC

    Investing in the Green Workforce: What Comes Next for NYC


    JobsFirst NYC, Fordham University, and The Green Economy Network’s Strategic Briefing to Advance A Policy Roadmap That Connects Green Investments to Local Talent Aligning New York City’s infrastructure investments and decarbonization goals with a sustainable workforce…

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  • Youth Day in NYC: Young Leaders Step Inside City Hall and Into the Future

    Youth Day in NYC: Young Leaders Step Inside City Hall and Into the Future


    Last Tuesday, young adults from across New York City gathered in Manhattan for JobsFirst NYC’s second annual Youth Day in NYC convening, a day designed to put young people at the center of civic engagement, empowering…

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JobsFirst NYC workforce development insights cover what coordination structures hold, which solutions scale, and where policy needs to shift. Every insight is grounded in local practice: real work, incubated in New York City, refined with local expertise.

Every JobsFirst Local Driver, including JobsFirst NYC, generates insight about what works in their city or region. JobsFirst, the shared movement and infrastructure that connects Local Drivers, captures those workforce development insights and shares it across every site so cities and regions can build on proven practice rather than starting from scratch.

JobsFirst NYC incubates and refines solutions across local work, education, and community systems. That place-based practice produces workforce development insights about what coordination structures produce outcomes, which employer partnerships strengthen pipelines, and how community infrastructure makes opportunity visible and reachable close to home.