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- About Page
Access to roles
Dismissed by Degrees
This research from Harvard Business School, Accenture, and Grads of Life explores degree inflation and its hidden costs.
- Research
- DREAMers with DACA Status, Formerly incarcerated individuals, Individuals with disabilities, Opportunity youth, Refugees, Veterans
Data-driven strategy, Proactive recruitment
U.S. Chamber Foundation: Talent Pipeline Management Opportunity Populations Resource Guide
This comprehensive guide from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and Grads of Life helps companies build inclusive talent pipelines.
- Case studies, Free tools
- DREAMers with DACA Status, Formerly incarcerated individuals, Individuals with disabilities, Opportunity youth, Refugees, Veterans
Wages and benefits
Patagonia’s CEO Explains How to Make an On-Site Child-Care Pay for Itself
Rose Marcario did the math and between tax benefits and savings through retention and engagement, on-site child-care may be affordable for your organization.
- Case studies
- Fast Company
Wages and benefits
How Some Companies are Making Child Care Less Stressful for Their Employees
Get inspiration for enhancing your child care benefits from these companies' practices.
- Free tools
- Harvard Business Review
Wages and benefits
Meet the Best Buy Employee Who Inspired the Company’s New Child-Care Benefit
Read about Best Buy's child care program for full and part-time employees, and the employee who inspired it all.
- Case studies
- Washington Post
Wages and benefits
How 3 PTO Policies Help Parents, New Hires and Part-Time Workers
Paid time off for part-time workers is an increasing trend according to this 2019 WorldatWork study.
- Free tools
- Human Resource Executive
Wages and benefits
JCPenney Benefits
Take a look at JCPenney's My Time Off model, which affords flexible time off to part-time workers.
- Case studies
- JCPenney
Wages and benefits
Lowe’s Benefits
Lowe's provides benefits like dental, vision, accident, and life insurance to part-time employees. They even provide prospective associates a chance to review …
- Case studies
- Lowe's
Wages and benefits
Why Living Wages Should Matter to Your Business
Learn the what, why and how of paying all employees a living wage.
- Free tools
- Conscious Company Media

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