August, 2015 Archive

The OneTen initiative is partnering with Guild Education to upskill Black Americans

I’ve written here before about the OneTen initiative, a coalition of companies pulled together by former American Express CEO Ken Chenault and former Merck CEO Ken Frazier to...

Guild Education and OneTen Partner to Expand Access to Education and Upskilling for Black Talent Across the Country

Guild Education, the leading education and upskilling platform for America’s workforce, today announced a talent development partnership with OneTen, a coalition of leading...

Blacks in the labor force

February is Black History Month, when we celebrate the contributions of Blacks or African Americans. In 2016, Blacks accounted for nearly 1 out of 8 people in the labor force. And...

Remote Work Has Vastly Improved the Black Worker Experience

Working remotely has its downsides: Cramped apartments, endless Zoom calls, juggling child care duties. But for many Black workers in white-collar jobs, getting out of the...

What Upskilling Means for Workforce Diversity

It’s easy to imagine digital transformation as a trend in a vacuum, one mainly concerned with how we can make workplaces more efficient, productive and engaged. We like to...