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.
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.
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.