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Get Ready For Small Business Saturday 2016
Now in its seventh year, Small Business Saturday serves as the kickoff to the holiday shopping season for small businesses across the United States. Each year, shoppers spend tens of billions at small businesses on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. [custom_headline type=”left” level=”h2″ looks_like=”h3″]Why Is Small Business Saturday So Important?[/custom_headline] Focusing on small businesses and local jobs […]
Nov 11, 2016 – Good Jobs • PCV News • Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Loans • Small Business Resources •
An Economy For Everyone: Monthly Good Jobs Recap
In order to build wealth and create opportunities in and across America’s underserved communities, and reverse the troubling trends we’re seeing in our economy, we no longer find it defensible to focus on job creation alone. It’s clear that job creation does not itself equate to lasting economic change. And so, we must shift our […]
Oct 28, 2016 – Good Jobs •
An Economy For Everyone: Monthly Good Jobs Recap
In order to build wealth and create opportunities in and across America’s underserved communities, and reverse the troubling trends we’re seeing in our economy, we no longer find it defensible to focus on job creation alone. It’s clear that job creation does not itself equate to lasting economic change. And so, we must shift our […]
Sep 30, 2016 – Good Jobs •
An Economy For Everyone: Monthly Good Jobs Recap
In order to build wealth and create opportunities in and across underserved communities, and reverse the troubling trends we’re seeing in our economy, we no longer find it defensible to focus on job creation alone. It’s clear that job creation does not itself equate to lasting economic change. And so, we must shift our focus […]
Aug 25, 2016 – Good Jobs •
An Economy For Everyone: Monthly Good Jobs Recap
In order to build wealth and create opportunities in and across underserved communities, and reverse the troubling trends we’re seeing in our economy, we no longer find it defensible to focus on job creation alone. It’s clear that job creation does not itself equate to lasting economic change. And so, we must shift our focus […]
Jul 28, 2016 – Good Jobs •
An Economy For Everyone: Monthly Good Jobs Recap
In order to build wealth and create opportunities in and across underserved communities, and reverse the troubling trends we’re seeing in our economy, we no longer find it defensible to focus on job creation alone. It’s clear that job creation does not itself equate to lasting economic change. And so, we must shift our focus […]
Jun 24, 2016 – Good Jobs •
An Economy That Works For Everyone: May Recap
In order to build wealth and create opportunities in and across underserved communities, and reverse the troubling trends we’re seeing in our economy, we no longer find it defensible to focus on job creation alone. It’s clear that job creation does not itself equate to lasting economic change. And so, we must shift our focus […]
May 26, 2016 – Good Jobs •
Defining and Measuring The Creation of Quality Jobs
Since the end of the Great Recession, almost 12 million jobs have been created — but most have been in low-wage occupations and at places like strip malls and fast-food restaurants. Average wages for working Americans have dropped 23 percent. It’s become clear that job creation does not equate to lasting economic change. In order to reverse the troubling trends […]
Apr 14, 2016 – Blog and News • Good Jobs • Impact Consulting •
Small Businesses Can Drive A Quality-Jobs Economy
While our economy’s improved on paper, most of us know in our gut that’s not the whole story. During the last few years, quality job creation has been anemic, and way too many workers have jobs that don’t allow them to support themselves and their families. Since the end of the Great Recession, 11.3 million […]
Mar 02, 2016 – Good Jobs • Impact Consulting • PCV News • Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Loans •
The Challenges and Opportunities of Investing in Low-Income Communities
In the last twenty years, the United States has lost over 3 million manufacturing jobs — 56,000 in June 2003 alone. For those workers who still have jobs, many are not being paid enough to live. The value of the current minimum wage, $5.15, is 21% less than it was in 1979. In the context […]
Jul 23, 2015 – Blog and News • Good Jobs •
A New National Imperative: Promoting Economic Mobility Through Quality Job Creation
By Brenna McCallick and Tonusree Basu Last week, President Obama delivered his State of the Union address and spoke at length about the growing income inequality in the United States. The availability of jobs was a prominent theme; the hour-long speech included over 25 mentions of jobs, wages or worker benefits. The President cited several […]
Jul 21, 2015 – Good Jobs • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
Why Small Businesses are the Backbone of America
Guest blogger Katherine Pilnick is a personal finance writer, blogger and editor for Debt.org, a financial help website. America’s small businesses are a vital part of the economy as a whole, and their success is essential to economic growth and prosperity. Small businesses have the unrivaled potential to create jobs and put money back into […]