Although U.S. high school graduation rates are at an all-time high, many employees enter the workforce without the skills that are truly needed to succeed. Recent studies show that essential soft skills such as punctuality, organization, and interpersonal communication are just as important as the hard skills, which now are seen as a basic minimum necessary in order to operate in a particular workplace.
As consumers become more socially conscious, they are drawn to companies that pursue purpose, not just profit. Investing in women can serve as a promising way of optimizing business operations, attracting new customers, and improving livelihoods.
MAGNET, an Ohio MEP that recognized the growing need for high school graduates with STEM skills in order to sustain the manufacturing economy in Ohio, created an employer-led pre-apprenticeship program aligned with the Ohio Department of Education College and Career readiness graduation standards, and partnered with local public education and local employers.
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A recent United Nations report states that limits on women’s participation in the workforce across the Asia-Pacific region cost the global economy an estimated $89 billion every year. Inadequate representation of wo
The UpSkill Houston initiative has used talent pipeline management strategies to address the skills gap in many industries.
A partnership between Cognizant and Per Scholas provides a free IT training program that creates an employment pipeline for in-demand technology jobs.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Achieving Tomorrow STEM Scholars program uses online gaming and simulations to teach critical STEM skills.
While nearly half of high school graduates in 2016 expressed an interest in pursuing STEM majors or careers, just 26 percent of them met a college-readiness benchmark that indicates whether a student is well-prepared for first-year courses such as calculus, biology, chemistry and physics
