Great Talent Exists—the Path to Hiring It Is Not Always Clear
Rapid shifts in technology, AI, and industry constantly redefine the skills businesses need. Yet traditional training programs and credentials rarely keep pace. When work, education, and community systems run on separate tracks, capable young adults miss out on career paths, and employers miss out on critical talent.
6M
The projected worker shortfall in the United States by 2030.
8 to 1
By 2032, U.S. population growth is projected to outpace labor force growth by nearly 8 to 1.
11,000 per day
From 2024 through 2027, more than 11,000 Americans will qualify for retirement daily.
Share Your Insight, Build Better Paths Forward
JobsFirst connects employers directly to Local Drivers—local workforce intermediaries designing work, education, and community solutions in your region. You get a proven design: one that moves training, credentials, and early-career advancement in sync with the skills your business depends on. The result is a talent pipeline that strengthens as the system around it strengthens.
Proven Models for Building Early-Career Pathways
JobsFirst Local Drivers apply a shared framework to incubate and scale solutions connecting employers to job-ready talent. Strong models don’t stay isolated; they travel across cities and regions using the proven JobsFirst 5-step approach.
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Learn More: Sector NetworksSector Networks
JobsFirst NYC’s Sector Networks, an expansion of our Young Adult Sectoral Employment Project (YASEP), are citywide workforce development partnerships in three New York City growth industries: the green economy, healthcare, and technology. The networks strengthen collaboration…
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JobsFirstLearn More: The NEPA Workforce Funder Collaborative
The NEPA Workforce Funder Collaborative
A 2019 Workforce Strategy Group study revealed a critical missing link: NEPA lacked permanent workforce intermediary infrastructure.
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Learn More: Southern Nevada Workforce Funder CollaborativeSouthern Nevada Workforce Funder Collaborative
Welcoming a select group of visionary funders to develop and launch the Southern Nevada Workforce Funder Collaborative.
When Employers and Workforce Systems Move in Sync, Everyone Wins
JobsFirst Local Drivers use a shared process to incubate and scale solutions. Each site strengthens the system. Coordinated investment produces outcomes that are visible, measurable, and repeatable.
By 2030:
65
Solutions Advanced
Local Drivers incubate and advance models that replace barriers with paths to employment.
750+
Local Partners Aligned
Workforce, education, government, and philanthropy using a shared framework.
50,000
Young Adults Realizing Economic Mobility
Each new Local Driver increases coherence and durability across cities and regions.
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Learn how cities and regions are designing training, credentials, and early-career pathways that deliver for workers and industries.
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JobsFirst NYCRead More: The Sector Connector: Your May Work Solutions UpdateThe Sector Connector: Your May Work Solutions Update
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JobsFirst NYCRead More: The Sector Connector: Your June Work Solutions UpdateThe Sector Connector: Your June Work Solutions Update
This is a space dedicated to sharing updates from the Green Economy, GEN, Healthcare, HSN, and Tech Networks, TSN, relaying program openings and recruitment opportunities, and fostering cross-network collaboration. In May, the HSN hosted its second…
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JobsFirst NYCRead More: The Sector Connector: Your June Work Solutions UpdateThe Sector Connector: Your June Work Solutions Update
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Build and Keep Talent at Home
JobsFirst connects employers to a shared framework that turns industry demand into high-performing training and early-career pathways. Your participation strengthens the system for every business in your region.
FAQ
JobsFirst connects employers directly to Local Drivers: local workforce intermediaries designing work, education, and community solutions in your region. Together, they build career pathways that move training, credentials, and early-career advancement in sync with the skills your business depends on.
The United States faces a projected shortfall of 6 million workers by 2030. More than 11,000 Americans qualify for retirement every day through 2027. Clear career pathways for young adults are not a social good alone; they are a business necessity.
JobsFirst translates real-time industry demand into training and early-career models that keep pace with shifts in technology, AI, and workforce needs. Local Drivers work directly with employers to ensure career pathways reflect the skills businesses actually need.
Across cities and regions, JobsFirst Local Drivers have aligned 750+ partner organizations through a shared framework and connected more than 50,000 young adults to clearer paths to economic mobility. Strong career pathways models don’t stay isolated; they travel across sites.
Start a conversation with JobsFirst. We will connect you to the Local Driver in your region and identify the right entry point for your business. Your participation strengthens career pathways for every employer in your community.