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
Breaking The Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
How JobCorps helped me transition from dead-end jobs to a career path. I have a money-making mindset. I’m great at problem-solving, and I excel in organization. Although I learned these positive traits via so much work experience in my teenage years, I struggled with time and money management as well...
New Workforce Report: Challenges And Opportunities For Change
Addressing Youth Disconnection In The Los Angeles Region This report is supported by the Alliance for Children’s Rights, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, The Aspen Forum for Community Solutions at the Aspen Institute, the Walter S. Johnson Foundation, and Stuart Foundation; and is conducted by New Ways to Work, a...
What Makes A Job Truly Valuable
Defining Value The kindness and respect shown to me at my current job has made me understand that it is not the glittery associations or false promises but rather the place and people that make a job valuable. I began my first job at age 19 as an intern for a creative...
Defining Success
Lessons, Resilience & Character My success is not determined by where I am today, but by how far I have come on the journey. Real success isn't about avoiding failure, it's about persevering even when things don't go as planned. There is no single event that leads to success; it...
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.