New Ways To Work
For nearly 40 years, we have brought together local leaders, practitioners and organizations to prepare youth for the future.
The Latest News & Articles
9-5 Isn’t The Only Way To Work: How Flexible Work Options Create Success For Younger Workers
Attitude Makes Latitude When I was under 18 I thought work had to be a 9-5 activity that you are either okay with at best, or that you deeply despised at worst. This caused my first job to be a self-fulfilling prophecy that made me depressed about the future. Getting...
New Report: Sharing The Future: A Vision for Workforce Intermediaries in Los Angeles County
Supported by The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation (TBF), this report offers a detailed survey of workforce intermediaries (WIs) in Los Angeles County. Essential for linking employers with educators, training programs, and labor pools – particularly those marginalized from the job market – WIs are diverse in their function and...
The Youngest in the Room: Making Friends with Adults as the Token Twenty-Something
Interacting With Adults Is A Skillset Much of what I know about interacting with “adults”, or older professionals who seem to have so much more experience and knowledge than I do, was learned firsthand. In sharing these lessons I hope that they will help other young people make friends with adults, increasing...
What's New
A New Year. A New Ways.
A Letter From Our President
We welcome 2021 as a year of hope and rebuilding. While the Covid-19 pandemic continues to devastate many communities and families, we must continue to advocate for and rebuild our social institutions of education, work and social well-being.
I am proud to join the New Ways to Work team as President and Executive Director. As we enter 2021, New Ways to Work has revised its vision, mission and value statements to reflect our dedication to the field of youth workforce development.
Current Initiatives
Check Out Our Latest Toolkits!
Check out the four Work-Based Learning Toolkits we have recently completed, all of which support early workplace exposures, explain quality work-based learning and the career development continuum, describe work readiness/professional skill standards, and provide definitions of the full range of WBL options. Each toolkit includes support materials, tip sheets, fact sheets and implementation tools. To learn more, or to have us tailor a toolkit for your organization, just give us a call at 707-824-4000 x22.