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Jana Mila Juginovic is the Chief Communications Officer and Senior Advisor at the Markle Foundation. Prior to her current role, Juginovic was Senior Director of Global Communications and Content at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). At ICANN, she led its global, multilingual content and social media strategy, and the user experience, taxonomy, and information architecture development for its web properties. Juginovic began her career as a journalist with CTV News, Canada’s largest private sector news network. While there, she covered a wide array of national and international news events including the 9/11 terror attacks from New York, the Iraq War from Doha, and the 2006 Lebanon War from Beirut and Cyprus. She was promoted to Director of News and Programming at Canada’s 24-hour news channel, CTV News Channel, and Executive Producer of CTV News Network specials. She led the branding, editorial, and programming transformation of CTV News Channel and oversaw all news specials on CTV’s main network. During her journalism career, Juginovic was awarded the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) Gord Sinclair Award for Best Special News Event, the RTNDA Gord Sinclair Award for Best Live Special, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Gold Ribbon Finalist for News and Current Events, and an Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Gemini Award Nomination for Best News Information Series. Juginovic received a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and a master’s degree from the University of Southern California (USC). In 2009, she was awarded the Nieman Journalism Fellowship at Harvard University and in 2013, she was a Cowan Scholar recipient at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.
New York, NY - April 14, 2022 - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the appointment of Markle Foundation CEO and President Zoë Baird to the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC), which will advise the President and the National AI Initiative Office on a range of issues related to artificial intelligence (AI). Baird is one of 27 members who will serve on the committee. As CEO and President of the Markle Foundation, Baird works with partners from many sectors and a broad range of federal agencies to provide early identification of the potential and the impact of developing technologies and building of critical technology policy. Markle’s work includes leveraging technology to create more good jobs and prepare people for them, including jobs in emerging technologies such as AI. Markle’s Rework America Alliance, a partnership of civil rights organizations, nonprofits, private sector employers, labor unions, educators, and others, helps millions of unemployed workers from low-wage roles move into better jobs. “AI presents far-reaching opportunities to increase our competitiveness as a nation while tackling some of our most challenging and intractable societal problems,” said Baird. “Effective AI policy can enable America to lead the world in economic growth that equitably rebuilds the middle class and promotes flourishing communities. I’m honored to be a member of this committee and play a role in providing recommendations on topics including global collaboration and AI workforce issues.” This three-year appointment begins immediately and will end on April 15, 2025. The committee will hold its first meeting on Wednesday, May 4, 2022. The meeting will be open to the public via webcast. For more information about this announcement, see the news release issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce, and to learn more about the NAICA please visit https://www.ai.gov/naiac/. Markle Foundation Media Contact For more information about the Markle Foundation, contact Carrie Gonzalez at: [email protected] or [email protected] About the Markle Foundation The Markle Foundation challenges itself and diverse partners to deploy their varied expertise to identify solutions to critical public problems and achieve systemic change. As advanced technology and automation changes the very nature of work, Markle’s priority is advancing solutions toward a labor market that will enable workers in America to move into good jobs in the digital economy. Markle’s Rework America Alliance follows Markle’s success in creating the policy and technology architecture that has enabled improvements in healthcare, national security, and access to the Internet. For more information, visit markle.org, follow @MarkleFdn and @ReworkAmerica on Twitter, and read our book, America's Moment.
New York, NY - Markle Foundation CEO and President Zoë Baird announced the appointment of Jana Mila Juginovic as Markle’s Chief Communications Officer and Senior Advisor. Juginovic will be responsible for Markle’s strategic communications and media relations. Markle’s objective is to help activate a labor market that enables workers to hold good jobs in the digital economy. This requires the development of federal and state policy actions that create more good jobs, and Markle’s Rework America Alliance partnering to grow the number of workers without bachelor’s degrees who hold these jobs. “Jana is a proven leader, and a creative and strategic thinker,” said Markle CEO and President Zoë Baird. “Her skills as a journalist and her experience within the technical policy arena, will help advance Markle’s work and its engagement with our partners.” Juginovic joins Markle from the Internet Corporation for Assignment Names and Numbers (ICANN), a global organization that helps coordinate the Internet’s domain name system and unique identifiers. It also supports and implements policies concerning those technical functions. At ICANN, Juginovic was Senior Director, where she led the global content and social media engagement strategy, and led the content strategy, user experience, and information architecture development of ICANN’s digital properties. Juginovic began her career as a journalist with CTV News, Canada’s largest private sector news network. While there, she covered a wide array of national and international news events including the 9/11 terror attacks from New York, the Iraq War from Doha, and the 2006 Lebanon War from Beirut and Cyprus. She was promoted to Director of News and Programming at Canada’s 24-hour news channel, CTV News Channel, and Executive Producer of CTV News Network specials. She led the branding, editorial, and programming transformation of CTV News Channel and oversaw all news specials on CTV’s main network. During her journalism career, Juginovic was awarded the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) Gord Sinclair Award for Best Special News Event, the RTNDA Gord Sinclair Award for Best Live Special, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Gold Ribbon Finalist for News and Current Events, and an Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Gemini Award Nomination for Best News Information Series. Juginovic received a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and a master’s degree from the University of Southern California (USC). In 2009, she was awarded the Nieman Journalism Fellowship at Harvard University and in 2013, she was a Cowan Scholar recipient at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Markle Foundation Media Contact For more information about the Markle Foundation, contact Carrie Gonzalez at: [email protected] or [email protected] About the Markle Foundation The Markle Foundation challenges itself and diverse partners to deploy their varied expertise to identify solutions to critical public problems and achieve systemic change. As advanced technology and automation changes the very nature of work, Markle’s priority is advancing solutions toward a labor market that will enable workers in America to move into good jobs in the digital economy. Markle’s Rework America Alliance follows Markle’s success in creating the policy and technology architecture that has enabled improvements in healthcare, national security, and access to the Internet. For more information, visit markle.org, follow @MarkleFdn and @ReworkAmerica on Twitter, and read our book, America's Moment.
(DENVER) — The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) celebrates Gov. Jared Polis’ efforts to attract new talent to the state’s workforce by focusing on skills-based hiring practices. The Governor signed an Executive Order today that will support state agencies with recruitment and retainment strategies that put priority on the knowledge, skills, and abilities specific to the job rather than solely relying on postsecondary degrees and credentials as a baseline requirement. “This focus to implement skills-based hiring practices will benefit workers across the state and further strengthen the state as an employer of choice,” said CDLE Executive Director Joe Barela. “CDLE has long been a supporter of skills-based learning opportunities across the state, most recently with the expansion of our registered apprenticeship programs, and we’re proud to see the Governor take action that will open new doors for many Colorado workers.” In partnership with the Department of Personnel & Administration (DPA), which has been tasked with implementing the EO, CDLE will support efforts to develop guidance and strategies to integrate skills-based hiring practices into the state’s workforce. After conducting a survey of state agency hiring practices last year, CDLE and DPA found many agencies have begun using several skills-based hiring strategies like posting job announcements that clearly define the type of experience that can substitute degree requirements and using assessments to determine a candidate’s ability to do the job. The EO will ensure skills-based and experience options are interchangeable with degree requirements at all state agencies by FY 2023-24, and directs DPA to actively monitor job postings for compliance. CDLE also has a longstanding partnership with the Markle Foundation which has developed resources and partnerships to help Americans without college degrees secure jobs based on the skills they have or can learn. “The State of Colorado is a longtime partner with Markle and the Rework America Alliance in pioneering inclusive, skills-based practices that open access to good jobs and advance career opportunities for all workers, regardless of formal education or other credentials,” said Zoë Baird, CEO and President, Markle Foundation. “As nearly 70% of workers in the US have built capabilities through experience but do not hold a bachelor’s degree, this Executive Order, in promoting the adoption of skills-based practices, will unlock the potential of a valuable segment of our workforce and help the State of Colorado to find the talent it needs.” “We’ve seen firsthand at CDLE how skills-based hiring practices can improve our talent pool. For example, in 2020 we hired an Audit Manager who doesn’t have a college degree but rose to the top of the candidate pool based on their progressively related experience in county government,” said Barela. “Or the human resources technician who was hired with just a high school diploma but is now an Operations Manager with our Workforce Development Council thanks to their number of years of experience in employee and labor relations. This move is a step in the right direction for all state employees, and we are eager to be partners in the process.” The full text of the executive order is available here.
Work force experts see removing the four-year college degree filter for some jobs as key to increasing diversity and reducing inequality. Workers, they say, should be selected and promoted because of their skills and experience rather than degrees or educational pedigree. And companies that do change their hiring practices, they add, benefit by tapping previously overlooked pools of talent in a tight labor market, as well as diversifying their work forces. Nearly two-thirds of American workers do not have a four-year college degree. Screening by college degree hits minorities particularly hard, eliminating 76 percent of Black adults and 83 percent of Latino adults. Companies that have trimmed back degree requirements typically began doing so before the pandemic, the Burning Glass analysis found. Nonprofit groups like [email protected], founded in 2015, and the Markle Foundation’s Skillful program, begun in 2016, had been prodding companies to adopt skills-based hiring.
REWORK AMERICA STATE NETWORK A Forum for State Leaders to Share and Accelerate Workforce Innovation The Rework America State Network, formed by Markle in 2018, is a non-partisan collaboration with 30 state governors and the mayor of the District of Columbia working to unlock economic mobility for all American workers. The State Network provides a forum for governors and their senior teams to share innovative workforce practices, tools, data, and resources to transform the labor market at a scale and pace not possible through individual state actions. In turn, member states bring a commitment from the governor and senior state leaders to work towards expanding economic security and mobility for all, particularly for populations with the least economic power. Achieving Workforce Goals The State Network supports states by: Sharing practices and highlighting successful programs through webinars, convenings, and individual conversations with education and workforce leaders. Partnering with states on policy development to share insights, policy strategies, and case studies on what is working in states. Providing a vehicle for scaling successful workforce strategies across more states. The pandemic’s acute economic impact on workers—particularly those without a bachelor’s degree, and Black, Latino and women workers—brought long-standing economic precarity into greater focus. These trends create a clear urgency and opportunity to build workforce, higher education and training systems that combat low job quality, address systemic racism and other problems, and prioritize expansive economic security. State leaders are critically positioned to build a better system that provides opportunity for all workers to get good jobs and experience economic security. Rework America State Network Governors Gov. Kay Ivey - Alabama Gov. Asa Hutchinson - Arkansas Gov. Gavin Newsom - California Gov. Jared Polis - Colorado Gov. Ned Lamont - Connecticut Gov. John Carney - Delaware Gov. Brad Little - Idaho Gov. J. B. Pritzker - Illinois Gov. Eric Holcomb - Indiana Gov. Kim Reynolds - Iowa Gov. Laura Kelly - Kansas Gov. Andy Beshear - Kentucky Gov. Charlie Baker - Massachusetts Gov. Gretchen Whitmer - Michigan Gov. Tim Walz - Minnesota Gov. Mike Parson - Missouri Gov. Greg Gianforte - Montana Gov. Phil Murphy - New Jersey Gov. Roy Cooper - North Carolina Gov. Doug Burgum - North Dakota Gov. Mike DeWine - Ohio Gov. Kevin Stitt - Oklahoma Gov. Tom Wolf - Pennsylvania Gov. Daniel McKee - Rhode Island Gov. Bill Lee - Tennessee Gov. Spencer Cox - Utah Gov. Phil Scott - Vermont Gov. Jay Inslee - Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser - Washington, DC Gov. Tony Evers - Wisconsin Sharing Rework America Alliance Resources and Insights The State Network elevates practices that states can adopt to achieve their workforce goals. For example, resources developed by Markle’s Rework America Alliance are shared with State Network members. The Alliance, a collaboration of more than 30 leading organizations including civil rights organizations, nonprofits, private sector employers, labor unions, educators, and others, is working to help unemployed workers from low-wage roles move into better jobs, particularly Black and Latino workers who have been disproportionately impacted by the current economic crisis. Resources shared by the Alliance include robust data insights and tools to help workforce leaders access insights on good jobs and training; training and tools for career coaches to help them better support job seekers; and resources to help drive the adoption of equitable hiring and talent management practices by employers. Learn more at markle.org/alliance-resources Providing Policy Support The State Network team: Engages in extensive research and engagement with federal policymakers and relevant organizations. Focuses on policies that leverage the workforce and training systems to address problems in the labor market such as low job quality and systemic racism. Identifies promising policy strategies that expand economic security and mobility within four areas of focus: - Postsecondary education and training - Labor market transformation and job quality - Workforce training performance and accountability - Career counseling and coaching
The Markle Foundation is seeking a Manager, Strategic Projects & Rework America Alliance Implementation About the Markle Foundation The Markle Foundation challenges itself and diverse partners to deploy their varied expertise to identify solutions to critical public problems and achieve systemic change. Today, as millions are unemployed and advanced technology and automation change the very nature of work, Markle’s current priority is advancing solutions that will enable workers in America to move into good jobs in the digital economy. About the Rework America Alliance In response to the devastating impact of the pandemic, Markle launched the Rework America Alliance a nationwide collaboration of employers, non-profits, educators, government entities, and public and private organizations. The Alliance is working to open opportunities for millions of unemployed and low wage workers to move into good jobs, particularly people of color who have been disproportionately impacted by the current economic crisis. Partners include National Urban League, NAACP, Unidos US, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Google, IBM, Microsoft, McKinsey & Company, North America’s Building Trades Unions, Workday and other leading businesses, labor unions, training, and workforce organizations. (The full list of members can be found on our website here). The Rework America Alliance builds on Markle’s previous work in this field. In 2013, Markle launched its Rework America initiative to help workers have greater market power and a stronger voice in decisions that impact their lives. The Rework America Task Force was focused on how to create more good jobs and how to prepare people for them, publishing the Norton press book America’s Moment in 2015. This work inspired the development of Markle’s Skillful initiative in 2016 in Colorado - which expanded to Indiana in 2018. Skillful has now transitioned into Markle’s Rework America Alliance. Skillful is contributing resources to the Alliance as it aims to help unemployed people across the country return to the workforce in better jobs with greater career potential. About the Role We are looking for a hard-working, dynamic team member who is passionate about making an impact on and serving the community. Given the entrepreneurial nature of Markle and the Rework America Alliance, all team members execute a diverse portfolio of projects and contribute to the learning culture through execution of pilots, supporting multiple initiatives and collaborating across teams and partner organizations. Job Summary and Responsibilities The Manager, Strategic projects and Rework America Alliance Implementation, will support the COO of Markle in developing and supporting execution of the Rework America Alliance program strategy. They will work in close collaboration with the respective workstream members to support implementation of key initiatives, surface and address any executional barriers and enhance integration across all elements of Alliance activity - both internal to Markle and with/across key Alliance partners. They will be a key support in driving strategic and long-term planning for our programs. Project Management Support the COO in coordinating project planning across the Alliance in close collaboration with different alliance workstreams leads and teams. Support the management and tracking of work plans in terms of timelines, milestones, interdependencies and other elements. Follow up diligently and support team members and partners to deliver high quality deliverables in a timely way. Flag critical issues for the COO Markle and all Alliance leads and facilitate problem solving and troubleshooting. Research and Analysis Monitor key developments across workforce/future of work landscape to identify strategies, partners, tools, etc. that could shape overall Rework America Alliance strategy and execution approach. Prepare targeted research and analysis on priority, identified opportunity areas, working in conjunction with relevant team members across the organization. Support COO in maintaining relationships with key external partners/leaders, including participating in key meetings and ensuring follow up on action items identified. Strategic Planning Support COO and senior Markle/Alliance leadership in overall strategic and operational planning. including collaboration in the annual planning and budget process. Provide analytic support to explore and resolve key strategic alternatives for the Alliance – in conjunction with Alliance key subject area leads. Provide quantitative analysis as it relates to impact or resources, e.g., impact of alternative delivery approaches - resources allocated across different efforts. Communications Facilitate key meetings to solicit input and feedback, determine commonalities and reach consensus on path forward. Lead internal problem-solving sessions. Help establish regular meeting cadence with workstream leads and broader Alliance/Markle team as needed. Support COO Markle’s efforts to have capacity to look “around the bend” for opportunities and needs for Markle’s work. Support the COO Markle on relevant written products. Prepare drafts and execution documents for external use (for example, for partners and key meetings) and for internal use (by Markle leadership and for the Board of Directors). Other duties As is true of all Markle and the Alliance, all team members execute a diverse portfolio of projects across Skillful and Alliance and contribute to the learning culture through execution of pilots, supporting multiple initiatives and collaborating across teams and partner organizations. Required Skills Degree and Credential Requirements: NONE! We value candidates who can demonstrate capability and articulate how prior experiences will help them to contribute. Project management experience: Manage and deliver against defined project workplans with complex scopes and under tight timelines to meet defined objectives. Possess strong organization skills, with ability to multitask and manage several work streams, partners / vendors, and projects at any one time. Complex problem solving: Use conceptual and analytical problem-solving skills to tackle a range of strategic and operational issues. Able to bring a balance of creativity and practical business judgment to issues. Written communications: Write clearly and concisely for a variety of audiences and develop compelling, clear presentation materials. Analytics experience: Summarize detailed quantitative and qualitative data to identify trends, draw insights, formulate alternatives and make recommendations. Understanding of and commitment to continuous learning of how historical and systemic barriers are embedded in and deeply consequential to opportunity in the labor market, pertaining to such issues as race, gender, age, class, and disabilities. Active learner: Demonstrate a positive attitude with an openness and willingness to learn and the ability to receive and apply feedback to improve performance. Collaborative team leadership: Be comfortable working with people from different backgrounds, including senior business/community/ government leaders. Ability to mentor junior team members and peers, and drive results. Excellent interpersonal skills: Act with a collaborative style to build rapport and establish credibility with partners. Apply critical interpersonal and judgment skills to affect outcomes. Have comfort and confidence in offering helpful advice and counsel to colleagues at all levels. Nimble and strategic in the face of change: Be comfortable in a fluid, changing organization that is responsive to its own successes and failures. Work effectively to deal with ambiguity and drive towards concrete solutions. Preferred Skills Passion for the Alliance mission and value: Display an intellectual curiosity and passion for the mission at hand. Demonstrate ability to thrive and lead in a small, analytically rigorous organization that values direct, honest, and respectful transfer of ideas. Entrepreneurial mindset: Possesses the ability to seek out the next challenge and think outside constraints to get things done. Operate with a clear sense of purpose while being comfortable with ambiguity and change. Knowledge of digital transformation and “big data” practices: Understand how digital tool and data analytics can be used to transform processes for great effectiveness and scale – and how these capabilities might create opportunities for the Alliance and its partners to apply. Consulting skills: Ability to analyze issues, engage in internal collaborative processes and apply design thinking tools to lead creative problem-solving efforts. Job Details Degree Requirements: NONE! We are a skills first organization and care more about your ability to do the job than how you trained for it. Location: New York City, Washington D.C., Colorado or Indiana Title: COO Markle Report To: Senior Manager, National Career Coaching Initiatives Term: Full-time (for a 12-month term) Salary & Benefits: $75,000 - $90,000 base salary (depending on location and skill level), with generous benefits such as healthcare, retirement, and time off including parental leave Travel: Ability to travel as needed and when permissible due to current ongoing pandemic. Post pandemic, travel requirements expected 20%. To Apply: Please submit a cover letter and resume to: [email protected] Markle Foundation is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, sexual orientation, domestic violence victim status, military status, or veteran's status.
Workers most threatened by the pandemic deserve training for higher-paying careers, but colleges can't ignore skills learned on the job. As tough as this pandemic has been for just about everyone, essential workers have had to bear some of the greatest burdens. Healthcare workers, teachers, first responders, caregivers, food production workers, grocery store workers, hospitality staff, retail staff, line cooks, servers and more — all are folks whose work exposes them to risk. But some of these jobs are not like the others. When the pandemic is eventually behind us, some of those occupations will once again be viewed favorably in terms of opportunity, benefits, and a living wage or better. But other essential workers will find themselves in jobs that don't pay well and never did, have minimal if any benefits and have a very poor outlook given that the pandemic only accelerated the global race to workplace automation. They deserve better, and one way we can "pay them back" is to help them access pathways to higher-paying work and careers. Even before the pandemic, projects were underway to consider how to create new career pathways for workers in industries like retail and hospitality, where the signs all pointed to increased use of automation and a decreased need for labor. Creating "crosswalk" opportunities for workers allows them to parlay their experience and expertise in one industry or occupation into career success in adjacent ones. For example, as a grantee of the Walmart Foundation, which invested $100 million over five years to increase worker mobility, the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning supported efforts to help retail workers access work-relevant education, training and support for upskilling and career advancement, including transitions to nonretail employment. Still other initiatives were mobilized during the pandemic to support the upskilling or reskilling of frontline or displaced workers. For example, the Markle Foundation's Rework America Alliance prepares unemployed and low-wage workers for jobs that are in industries most likely to need skilled workers as the economy recovers. The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta outlined a competency-mapping approach to helping hospitality workers access healthcare career pathways. Meanwhile, the state of Michigan launched Futures for Frontliners, a scholarship program that provides tuition-free community college to Michiganders without college degrees who worked in essential industries during the COVID shutdown.
As the managing partner for McKinsey in North America, I talk to CEOs every week, and I keep hearing the same thing across all industries and regions of the US: We're in one of the most bewildering labor markets in a generation. Job openings remain dramatically higher than pre-pandemic levels. Yet the December unemployment data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows a disproportionate number of minorities, younger workers and people without four-year degrees remain unemployed. There are more open jobs in US manufacturing today than there are people in Seattle, a number that will likely grow as the US invests more in infrastructure. The sector is also undergoing a seismic shift, transitioning from the dirty and dangerous work of the past to a more sustainable, digital and automated future. The Rework America Alliance — a Markle Foundation-led partnership of civil rights groups, nonprofits, labor unions and private sector companies, including McKinsey, collaborating to help low-wage workers move into better jobs — found that manufacturing is one of the industries most likely to see growth, but the industry won't be able to meet this moment if people outside the sector can't picture how their experience might allow them to pursue and grow into these open roles. Employers can help to break down these perceived barriers to access by considering candidates from other industries who can build on their existing experience and communicating which skills may be transferrable, such as interpersonal communications.
