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Thinking Like a Talent Investor
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Thinking Like a Talent Investor

With employers across the country facing critical talent shortages, companies are exploring new ways to upskill and reskill workers. This report illustrates how, with intentional design and an “investor” mentality, employers can deploy Talent Finance…

Justin Bakule, Taylor DeStefano, Genoveva Diaz, and Kyle Doran

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Understanding the Potential of Impact Capital with Social Finance’s Stephen Vicinelli and Catherine Dun Rappaport
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Understanding the Potential of Impact Capital with Social Finance’s Stephen Vicinelli and Catherine Dun Rappaport

Stephen Vicinelli and Catherine Dun Rappaport joined Social Finance in late 2022. Both devote their time to unlocking the change-making potential of passive charitable capital, or assets that are indirectly invested through donor-advised funds (DAFs)…

Stephen Vicinelli, Catherine Dun Rappaport, and Social Finance

Workforce Realigned Podcast, Episode 8: How Merit America is Using Google Career Certificates to Create a More Equitable & Inclusive Job Market
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Workforce Realigned Podcast, Episode 8: How Merit America is Using Google Career Certificates to Create a More Equitable & Inclusive Job Market

In this Workforce Realigned podcast episode, Connor Diemand-Yauman and Rebecca Taber Staehelin, Co-Founders and Co-CEOs of Merit America, accompany Social Finance Managing Director Michael Grossman for a discussion on how the program, funded by the…

Michael Grossman, Connor Diemand-Yauman, and Rebecca Taber Staehelin

From the Social Finance Institute

Workforce Realigned Podcast, Episode 7: How Google is Driving Economic Mobility with an Innovative Investment Fund
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Workforce Realigned Podcast, Episode 7: How Google is Driving Economic Mobility with an Innovative Investment Fund

In this Workforce Realigned podcast episode, Troy Blackwood, Head of Structured Investments at Google, Hector Mujica, Head of Economic Opportunity, Americas at Google.org, and Social Finance Vice President Jake Edwards discuss the Google Career Certificates…

Jake Edwards, Troy Blackwood, and Hector Mujica

From the Social Finance Institute

Workforce Realigned Podcast, Episode 6: New Jersey Pay It Forward Prepares Students for Good-Paying Jobs
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Workforce Realigned Podcast, Episode 6: New Jersey Pay It Forward Prepares Students for Good-Paying Jobs

In this Workforce Realigned podcast episode, David Socolow, Executive Director of the New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, Sarah Keh, Vice President of Inclusion Solutions at Prudential Financial, and Social Finance’s Jake Segal, discuss…

Jake Segal, David Socolow, and Sarah Keh

From the Social Finance Institute

Reflecting on our DEI Journey

Reflecting on our DEI Journey

In 2022, we launched and advanced multiple DEI workstreams tied to our DEI Action Plan.

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Is Talent Finance Right for Me?
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Is Talent Finance Right for Me?

Employers across the country are grappling with the challenge of filling critical job openings in industries like health care and transportation services. Explore our series of data visualizations to learn more about these in-demand occupations…

Justin Bakule, Kyle Doran, Kiana Ocean, and Lorenzo Finamore

From the Social Finance Institute