If you demand control over your own future or want to empower others to control theirs, we invite you to sign up for our Social Capital for Workforce Success course!

In this period of our history, ability and ambition don’t always equal success. Far too many hardworking people are struggling in America and there’s a reason why. Failure to understand and use social capital.

Research continues to highlight the importance of social capital connections for labor market and career success. With access to resource-generating networks that facilitate opportunity, economic mobility is just a pipe dream for many. It’s got nothing to do with a “skills gap.” This is a “connection gap” problem.

Around the nation, work programs struggle to connect job seekers to viable employment and credentialing opportunities. Why? Because those job seekers can only go so far without social capital networks giving them access to 1) key industry stakeholders and 2) career-supportive individuals who understand the challenges they face.

These vital assets are able to advocate, extend resources, share labor market information, and help secure otherwise hidden opportunities. But no one teaches us how to connect to them—until now!