Rutgers University

The Future of Work: Caregivers Are An Asset, Not Liability

The lived experience of caregiving builds critical human competencies that are essential to meet skill demands of the future of work and valuable to employers.

The OECD identifies human skills (such as adaptability, empathy, creativity and coordination) as key future-ready employment skills; the same skills learned through caregiving experiences. Our pilot proves that reframing organizations' understanding of "future of work" to include the skills developed through caregiving is a game-changer in shifting the narrative, and we're ready to bring this to scale. Workplaces must understand the return of investment that caregiving brings back into work.

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Primary Barrier
Narrow Narratives
Location
New Jersey
Solution Region
Nation-wide
Community Type
Urban
Annual Operating Budget
More than $500 Million