Using Social Media to Keep Participants Coming Back
Getting—and keeping—participants interested in workforce development and human services programs can be a big challenge, particularly with the volume of services available in New York City. Many service providers rely on classic recruitment techniques such as flyers,...
Automating Savings in the Workplace: Insights From the AutoSave Pilot
Published January 2010 AutoSave is a savings plan designed by the New America Foundation to promote savings using insights from the field of behavioral economics. The basic premise is to offer employees easy access to a safe and secure savings account into which a...
“Breaking Into the Corporate Supply Chain” & “Giving Small Firms the Business”
"Breaking Into the Corporate Supply Chain" Published September 2010 "Giving Small Firms the Business" Published March 2011 Too few small businesses are suppliers to the nation’s largest corporations. These reports, authored by Public Works principal Mark Foggin and...
Going Beyond the Bottom Line: Employer Perspectives on the Young Adult Workforce Development System in New York City
Published June 2012 Nearly 175,000 New York City young adults are out-of-school and out-of-work, and lack options to break the cycle of being under-skilled and underemployed. At the same time, employers report challenges in finding enough sufficiently trained young...
Smarter Small Businesses
Published August 2012 New York City’s small businesses today face more competition than ever, but technology could help level the playing field. With funding from the Center for and Urban Future, Public Works principal Mark Foggin conducted an in-depth study of the...
Recipe for Growth
Published June 2008 Kitchen incubators give food entrepreneurs something that’s often difficult to find in New York: a licensed commercial kitchen at affordable rates. City economic development officials should support efforts to create more of them. This commentary...