Become a Workforce Ascend Pilot Partner
Partner with Workforce Ascend to test emerging approaches to workforce technology, AI workforce alignment, career readiness, and workforce transformation alongside a limited group of early organizations.
Start With the Workforce Challenge
A pilot is a chance to test an approach, gather insights, and decide what works at scale. Choose one capability or combine several based on your organization's goals.
Explore Pilot Opportunities
Navigate & Career Passport
Make workforce journeys, skills, credentials, and progress more visible.
AI Workforce Alignment
Prepare people, roles, and organizations for an AI-enabled workplace.
Workforce Solutions & Professional Services
Design stronger workforce programs, learning experiences, and career pathways.
Need more than one?
Your Workforce Challenge May Cross Multiple Areas
Combine technology, AI workforce alignment, learning, and professional services into one integrated pilot designed around your organization.
Example: Use AI Workforce Alignment to identify emerging needs, professional services to design targeted learning, and Navigate to help participants document the skills they build.
Built for Organizations Investing in People and Workforce Outcomes
Workforce development boards and agencies
Nonprofit and community organizations
Community colleges and education providers
Career pathway programs
Employers and industry partners
Youth and young-adult workforce programs
Professional and membership organizations
Organizations navigating workforce transformation
Other organizations working on workforce outcomes are welcome to reach out as well.
From Workforce Challenge to Measurable Learning
- 1
Discover
We learn about your workforce, participants, programs, challenges, and desired outcomes.
- 2
Align
Together, we identify the Workforce Ascend capabilities most relevant to the challenge.
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Design
We define the pilot scope, participants, experience, timeline, and success measures.
- 4
Pilot
The agreed-upon solution or experience is implemented with the selected participant group.
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Learn & Scale
We review participation, feedback, observations, and agreed-upon measures to determine what was learned and what may warrant continuation, refinement, or expansion.
Build With Us
Early pilot partners have an opportunity to test emerging workforce approaches while providing valuable input into how Workforce Ascend's solutions continue to evolve.
- Early access to emerging Workforce Ascend solutions
- Pilot design informed by your organization's needs
- Direct input into solution development
- Workforce and participant insights
- Opportunity to test before broader implementation
- Potential pathway to expanded implementation
- Optional case-study collaboration when mutually agreed upon
Start a conversation
What Workforce Challenge Are You Trying to Solve?
Tell us about your organization, workforce challenge, and areas of interest. We'll review your information and determine whether a Workforce Ascend pilot or another engagement may be a good fit.