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JFF Corporate Advisory Services  

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Jobs for the Future provides customized support for F1000 companies looking to invest in quality jobs.  

You have the resolve to create a more inclusive, agile, and resilient workforce. JFF has the expertise, experience, and reach to help you do it. We’ve been driving transformation in U.S. education and workforce systems for more than 40 years, and employers  know they can turn to us for help building innovative talent management solutions in partnership with leaders from across the work and learning ecosystem. We understand corporate priorities and needs, and we can balance those with our expertise in creating economic advancement opportunities at scale. 

Our Approach  

JFF is here to help you achieve outcomes that go beyond traditional talent solutions. With our expertise in skills-based talent practices, work-based learning, curriculum and credential design, and social impact strategy, we empower companies like yours to set and achieve bold visions. We will collaborate with stakeholders throughout your organization to design, build, and implement strategies that benefit learners, workers, and communities. 

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Our Services  

With our unique blend of subject matter expertise, we offer a robust catalog of services.

Talent Solutions 

Impact Employer Advisement and Support
We offer advice, insights, and guidance to companies aiming to advance as Impact Employers. This includes mapping progress against JFF’s Impact Employer Model—a blueprint for equitable talent practices that drive positive business returns—and offering concrete recommendations, technical assistance, and customized support. 

Inclusive Regional Talent Pipelines
We work side by side with companies, community organizations, and other local stakeholders to develop regionally specific strategies and partnerships that enable the creation of diverse and inclusive regional talent pipelines. 

Career Pathways Mapping
We use a skills-based approach to map and articulate inclusive and transparent talent development and career progression pathways for workers. 

Fair Chance Employment Practices
We help employers and other stakeholders design, adopt, and implement policies and practices that expand employment and training opportunities for people with criminal records. 

Work-Based Learning and Apprenticeship Programs
We have years of experience developing and managing apprenticeship programs and other work-based learning experiences that enable workers and learners to master in-demand skills, gain practical on-the-job experience, and build professional social capital. 

Learning and Development Curriculum and Credential Design
We have the expertise to design and create comprehensive learning and development curricula and credentials that meet labor market needs and prepare learners and workers for quality jobs in fields with opportunities for economic advancement.  

Social Impact Advisory 

Social Impact Strategy and Execution
We create, implement, and evaluate strategies that focus on creating equitable opportunities for economic advancement for all workers and learners, regardless of background.

Labor Market Insights
We offer labor market information, analysis, and recommendations to inform decisions about social impact strategy.

Strategic Partnerships
We help companies identify and engage with local and national partners who have the expertise and capabilities to design and implement effective economic advancement strategies. And we provide ongoing support to ensure the success of these partnerships. 

Technical Assistance
We offer employers and other partner organizations expert guidance and subject matter expertise to help them maximize the impact of their efforts to create economic advancement opportunities for people of all backgrounds. 

Go-to-Market Strategies for Economic Opportunity Products and Services
We work with education and workforce innovators like you to craft effective strategies for introducing products and services that promote equity-focused talent management practices, and we can help ensure that these offerings gain widespread adoption and succeed at scale. 

Our Capabilities

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Strategy

Uncover opportunities to accelerate equitable progress for the business. 

• Discovery, awareness, and empathy building
• Visioning
• Strategic planning
• Systems mapping
• Alignment and advocacy

Design

Design

Bring evidence-based models and innovative solutions to life.

• Ideation
• Program blueprint
• Prototyping and piloting
• Research and insights
• Partnership building 

Scale

Scale

Leverage diverse networks and advance technologies to drive change in systems.

• Market scans
• Incubation and digital transformation
• Network design
• Program expansion
• Data and measurement

Influence

Influence

Drive national conversation among corporate leaders and leaders in the ecosystem. 

• Thought leadership
• Trends reports and analysis
• Coalition-building and convenings
• Policy and advocacy 

Sample Clients

Free Consultation

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Case Studies

John Deere: Work-Based Learning & Apprenticeship

Problem: John Deere, a leader in heavy-duty equipment for agriculture and construction, wanted a new learning and development program that would expand its talent pool and offer participants a nationally recognized credential. 

JFF’s Solution: We designed and developed a national apprenticeship program for agriculture equipment technicians and heavy construction equipment mechanics. 

Impact and Outcomes: Since 2019, 159 people have taken part in more than 15 apprenticeship programs launched in partnership with John Deere dealers. The workers learn on the job while adding value to the dealerships that employ them. 

Genentech: Talent Pipeline Strategy and Development

Problem: Biotech company Genentech needed to build a stronger and more diverse STEM talent pipeline. 

JFF’s Solution: We worked with Genentech and a network of K-12 teachers and school leaders, along with other education partners and biotech industry experts to develop a curriculum that would prepare students for biotech jobs. Offering free instruction and training, the program expands access to biotech education and lab facilities. It also provides professional development to teachers and fosters employer engagement, including volunteer opportunities for employees. 

Impact and Outcomes: This program has reached more than 600,000 students and teachers in California, introducing students from low-income backgrounds to new career paths and helping teachers incorporate industry-aligned curricula into their lesson plans. We are now working with Genentech to scale this program nationally. 

Prologis: Curriculum Development & Implementation

Problem: A leader in the transportation, distribution, and logistics (TDL) industry, Prologis wanted to develop a qualified and engaged talent pool made up of members of populations facing systemic barriers to advancement while building new career pathways and expanding economic advancement opportunities in the communities it does business in. The company’s goal was to build a training platform that would be a competitive differentiator establishing Prologis as an employer of choice in the eyes of jobseekers while also serving as a resource for current Prologis employees and employees of customer companies interested in advancing their skills. 

JFF’s Solution: JFF conducted a customer and stakeholder analysis of workforce development needs. We then designed a learning and development platform called the Prologis Learning Academy and worked with Prologis to test, implement, and scale the program through regional community partners. 

Impact and Outcomes: Insights from the rollout of the new program allowed Prologis and JFF to address underlying barriers limiting access to employment and advancement opportunities in the TDL industry. This led to a strategic shift toward industry-wide collaboration to improve learning and development outcomes for all TDL companies and their employees, positioning Prologis as an innovative talent leader. 

Google: Credentialing

Problem: Google aimed to develop a more inclusive talent pipeline for the tech industry, with a focus on expanding opportunities for Black, Indigenous, and Latine workers, and women of all backgrounds. 

JFF’s Solution: We worked with Google to develop and implement training courses in which participants build in-demand IT skills. We have since helped scale these offerings into what is now known as the Google Career Certificates program, which offers flexible online training and instruction that lead to certificates in six high-growth fields. For nearly two years, JFF has managed a learning community for core partners, provided customized technical assistance, and conducted research to understand effective implementation approaches, including how the certificates can expand on-ramps to technology careers for members of populations that are underrepresented in the IT workforce. 

Impact and Outcomes: JFF supported the expansion of the certificate programs to more than 100 community colleges nationwide and to more than 50 domestic and international nonprofits. 

Verizon: Impact Evaluation

Problem: Verizon’s Corporate Social Responsibility team wanted to understand the impact of the company’s Small Business Digital Ready Initiative. Launched in 2021, the initiative was designed to provide 1 million small businesses, predominantly enterprises owned by women and people of color, with resources to thrive in the digital economy. 

JFF’s Solution: We designed and implemented a multiyear impact measurement system with real-time monitoring and impact evaluation to inform decision-making, and we co-created a theory of change with Verizon and its partners. We now regularly conduct deep dive impact inquiries, collect impact data twice a year from the more than 200,000 businesses participating in the Small Business Digital Ready Initiative, and provide a real-time impact monitoring dashboard. 

Impact and Outcomes: Verizon and its partners can now more effectively communicate their impact to senior leaders, direct resources and efforts, and create new content and resources to serve small businesses.