Tag: Skills Gap
TGR Foundation: A Tiger Woods Charity champions free online STEM education
As the nation's students settle into a remote learning mindset, at least for the near future, there are some amazing opportunities for kids—and teachers—to...
Returning medics often are unable to immediately translate their skills into...
More than 200,000 military men and women make the transition into civilian life each year. Unemployment among veterans is relatively low, but underemployment continues...
Could a common language solve the skills gap puzzle?
When it comes to effective job hunting, education and training, talent recruiting, and a city’s economic development, what is the most important common factor?
It’s...
Google, AI, and a free up-skilling program
"Machine learning and artificial intelligence are having profound changes on the way that we work," says Andrew Dunckelman, Google.org's head of Education and Economic...
Making sense of the manufacturing skills gap
Despite strong employment numbers overall, the outlook for the manufacturing sector remains a mixed bag. In 2019, manufacturing jobs increased by 46,000, well below...
Coming back from a career break
If you're in your 40s or older, and you had a chance to live and work as if you were in your 20s again,...
Students don’t feel their high schools prepare them for careers
High school students, their parents, and potential employers seem to agree on one important issue — high schoolers are not well prepared to enter...
Skill shapes: A new way to talk about workforce needs
A new vocabulary is emerging in an increasingly complex labor market, according to the Strada Institute for the Future of Work. One that will...
Creating STEM job opportunities for lower-income adults
Jobs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) have outpaced overall job growth, according to the Pew Research Center — a 79 percent increase...
Disruption and innovation in the school-to-career model
The world of work is changing at a pace that we have never seen before and nobody feels that more than business.
Keeping up with...
