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Wraparound Support Is Key To Ensuring An Equitable And Fair Future Of Work

The Horizons Tracker

California-based organization JobTrain provides a range of on-site services, including affordable childcare and legal advice, which can be especially valuable for learners who have a criminal record. Social capital. Indeed, social capital is just as much of an asset as financial or human capital.

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What Younger Workers Can Learn from Older Workers, and Vice Versa

Harvard Business Review

So it makes sense for the old to share their insights about finances with the young. Financial proficiency has two key elements: financial literacy and understanding personal finances, and financial agency and control in terms of everyday behavior, particularly around self-control and placing a value on your future self.

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Why “Network More” Is Bad Advice for Women

Harvard Business Review

When well-meaning people give advice to young women about how to get ahead, networking is almost always at the top of the list. A new study suggests that perhaps this network-your-way-to-the-top advice is, for women, a tad overblown. A working paper by Lily Fang, an associate professor of finance at INSEAD, and Sterling Huang, a Ph.D.

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