PERSPECTIVES
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Employment Rate Is a Floor, Not a Ceiling: The Case for Measuring Career Mobility

For credential issuers serious about demonstrating program value, career mobility — new roles, new industries, measurable wage growth — is the metric that actually reflects whether a credential delivered on its promise.

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CASE STUDIES
March 23, 2026
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JVS Bay Area When Good Outcomes Data Isn't Good Enough

How a data-driven workforce nonprofit expanded its view of alumni outcomes beyond what state wage records capture.

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JVS Bay Area is a California workforce development nonprofit that has connected over 100,000 jobseekers to quality careers since 1973. Building on a strong data infrastructure, they wanted to go deeper — creating a more complete picture of long-term alumni employment and earnings that existing sources couldn't provide. Partnering with CredLens extends their reach, adding quality outcomes data that follows alumni across industries, geographies, and time.

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