The Human Capital and Training Solutions (HCaTS) contracts create a new government-wide contract to support the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM’s) Training and Management Assistance program and provide customized human capital management and training services to all agencies. The HCaTS contracts are jointly managed by OPM and the General ...
Implementing skills-based hiring practices can expand the talent pool, improve staff retention, and increase diversity.Today’s economy is marked by the rapid evolution of technology leading to labor shortages and evolving skill needs across the labor market. Finding and retaining a skilled workforce is key to an organization’s growth, yet many ...
More than 20 policy experts from AIR will present at the 39th annual fall conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) taking place November 2-4 in Chicago, IL. This year’s theme, “Measurement Matters: Better Data for Better Decisions,” will focus on the importance of data and ...
Workers with disabilities who have at least a high school education earn 37 percent less on average than their peers without disabilities, a disparity costing federal and state governments up to $31.5 billion in potential tax revenue, finds an AIR analysis.
As part of its Pay for Success work, AIR developed a workaround to common data obstacles these projects face. AIR was contracted to develop the evaluation design for the San Diego-based Project (re)Launch, which sought to improve employment and health outcomes for veterans with service-connected disabilities by providing intensive case ...
AIR researchers' presentations will focus on job analysis, applying science in the workplace, perceptions of online social networking systems, applying industrial and organizational psychology principles to the healthcare industry, perspectives on high risk jobs, and employee retention strategies.
In this blog post, AIR Senior TA Consultant Abby Bandurraga describes how connecting apprenticeship professionals and supporting them in their work can promote the use of best practices and contribute to expanding and diversifying apprenticeship programs in the U.S.
AIR today is announcing the launch of the AIR Equity Initiative, a five-year, $100+ million investment in behavioral and social science research and technical assistance to address one of the nation’s most pressing issues: systemic inequity. The AIR Equity Initiative will fund research projects that support the goal of establishing ...
Through our Meet the Expert feature, get to know some of AIR’s key staff, learning what drives and keeps them going, the work they find most meaningful, and even a little bit about how they spend their personal time.
AIR Principal Researcher Courtney Tanenbaum describes the unique opportunities and challenges associated with The Title III Native American and Alaska Native Children in School (NAM) Program, which she and her colleagues evaluated.