An equitable recovery: Moving beyond a return to status quo
Black women are returning to the labor force. But is this a good thing? Well, it depends on why they are returning.
New survey reveals what employers are (or aren’t) doing to mitigate talent challenges
You know the saying, “people don’t quit their jobs, they quit their managers?” Forget it. People are quitting their jobs.
How a Shifting Financial Position May Be Impacting Worker Choices
Improved financial position may have enabled a significant number of workers to step onto the sideline—but that party may be ending soon.
Take Our Regional Employer Survey
Now through January 10, we’re joining partners across the region to ask businesses to participate in our Regional Employer Survey. If you are a business owner, hiring manager, human resources professional or other leader tasked with finding and retaining talent in Northeast Ohio, we want to hear from you.
Anecdotes and Evidence—A National Scan of Worker Shortage Analyses
This post takes stock of what national data and analyses can—or can’t—explain relative to the current state of the Northeast Ohio labor market. The chart below summarizes what we learned after exploring three questions:
Where Are the Workers?
The Fund for Our Economic Future, Team NEO, and ConxusNEO and PolicyBridge have embarked on a multi-part analysis to better understand what’s happening in our region and answer the question on everyone’s mind: Where are the workers?


