OPPORTUNITYWORK INC

OPPORTUNITY@WORK'S MISSION IS TO REWIRE THE LABOR MARKET SO STARS-WORKERS SKILLED THROUGH ALTERNATIVE ROUTES-CAN REGAIN UPWARD ECONOMIC MOBILITY, ENRICHING THEIR CAREERS AND COMMUNITIES. OVER THE NEXT DECADE, WE AIM TO ENABLE 1 MILLION STARS BY OPENING UP 10 MILLION JOBS, BOOSTING STARS' EARNINGS BY MORE THAN $100 BILLION.OVER 30 MILLION RISING STARS ARE LOCKED OUT OF HIGHER-WAGE JOBS DESPITE HAVING DEVELOPED THE SKILLS TO SUCCEED. STARS AND THE COMPANIES WHO SEEK THEIR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE FIND THEMSELVES ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF AN INVISIBLE BARRIER - THE PAPER CEILING - SEPARATED BY DEGREE SCREENS, BIASED ALGORITHMS, STEREOTYPES, AND EXCLUSIONARY PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS. (CONTINUTED ON SCHEDULE O)THE PAPER CEILING COST STARS 7.5 MILLION GOOD JOB OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN 2000 AND 2020. O@W IS SHIFTING PERCEPTIONS THROUGH DATA AND NARRATIVE CAMPAIGNS (AWARENESS TO ACTION), ACTIVATING EMPLOYER NETWORKS WITH TOOLS TO SHIFT ENTRENCHED PRACTICES AND GENERATE PROOF POINTS (BEHAVIOR SHIFTS), AND EMBEDDING SKILLS PRACTICES THROUGH PUBLIC POLICIES, SYSTEM STANDARDS, AND TALENT TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS TO CREATE DURABLE CHANGE (CHANGED OUTCOMES). AS A RESULT, THE STATE OF THE PAPER CEILING HAS BEGUN TO SHIFT AND SINCE 2020, STARS HAVE REGAINED THEIR SHARE IN ROLES THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY LOST, YIELDING MORE THAN 750,000 ADDITIONAL JOBS. AS A TRUSTED FIELD CATALYST AND BACKBONE PARTNER, O@W IS UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO DRIVE LARGE-SCALE CHANGE FOR STARS THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH EMPLOYERS, PLATFORMS, AND POLICYMAKERS. WE ENVISION A LABOR MARKET WHERE THE SKILLS YOU HAVE MATTER MORE THAN WHERE YOU GOT THEM. WHEN SKILLS ARE RECOGNIZED AND REWARDED, ALL AMERICANS CAN WORK, LEARN, AND EARN TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. OUR WORK POWERS A COLLECTIVE MOVEMENT TO OPEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR STARS, TOGETHER.