Archive - JOBS THAT WORK

The killer app for good jobs.

One weird trick for helping employers and workers get ahead.

May 6 •

Trump budget cuts would merge workforce programs, kill Job Corps, and reduce older workers' opportunities.

The chainsaw is back out.

May 2 •

Holding up new workforce cash, handing the keys to employers, and $1.2 billion in grants listings.

Plus: a Trump budget and the missing pieces in Congress' student aid redo.

May 2 •

April 2025

College isn't the problem. It's everything else.

The big challenges that could get worse as part of the Trump Administration's war on 'college for all.'

Apr 29 •

Everything is on fire again, and $1.5 billion in grant listings.

Plus, a potential strategy for the Trump Administration to kill workforce programs and how the Administration's grants process creates risks... for the…

Apr 25 •

Trump finds his jobs policy. It’s kind of like Joe Biden’s, but with more cuts.

Some thoughts on apprenticeship and what programs may go away, change, or change agencies.

Apr 24 •

Cannabis makes a lot of money. The law makes it too hard to spend that money on workers.

States have promised big things for jobs in legalizing marijuana and supporting hemp. Here is what is standing in their way and one way to address it.

Apr 22 •

Are federal grants still worth your time? Here is how I'm thinking about it right now.

What federal grants are riskiest right now and $2.1 billion in workforce funding.

Apr 18 •

Still workin’: The problem with skills-based hiring? Hiring.

Why ending degree requirements hasn’t led to more jobs for people without degrees, and how to start working on it.

Apr 15 •

FEMA kills a big red state grant, a key ‘DEIA’ choice, and $2.1 billion in grants listings. Probably.

Plus: A rescissions decision may be the mission and the latest on missing workforce grants.

Apr 11 •

Why getting people jobs is harder without equity.

The War on ‘Woke’ is also a war on workforce development that works.

Apr 8 •

A DEIA win, Project 2025 author nominated for DOL chief lawyer, and $2.9 billion in grants listings.

Plus: All the jobs are gone, the House and Senate are a measly $329 billion apart, and this week's grants listings.

Apr 4 •

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