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New Talent Pipeline Management Resource for Opportunity Populations

September 3, 2020

Strong collaboration between employers and opportunity population-serving organizations can help ensure a more diverse talent pipeline and connect those with limited access to opportunities to meaningful, sustainable careers. The new Talent Pipeline Management Guide provides resources and strategies that can build stronger relationships with employers and opportunity populations.

The Ad Council's She Can STEM Campaign Helps #LightASpark in Girl's STEM Interests

Rowena Patrick, The Ad Council

June 24, 2020

Research shows that young girls like STEM subjects, but as they get older, something changes. They start feeling like STEM isn’t for them based on outdated stereotypes about the fields of science, technology, engineering and math.

A New Talent Pipeline Management Resource for CTE

May 7, 2020

The economy and the labor market that powers it has undergone unprecedented transformation in recent months. Collaboration between the business and education communities is more important than ever. As labor markets adapt, communication between employers and educators—and the agility to adjust when needed—is critically important.

Will COVID-19 Push Online Workforce Education To Its Tipping Point?

April 29, 2020

As businesses look to persevere through the economic downturn caused by COVID-19 and rebuild for the future, there is an even greater need to hold workforce education accountable for career growth and business impact.

Vivek Sharma

A 2020 Vision: The Future of Economic and Workforce Development in South Carolina

February 27, 2020

Nancy Lee Sánchez, Executive Director of the Kaplan Educational Foundation, recently examined the important purpose community colleges serve in the future of workforce development. A key point made is “community colleges are defined differently by those who enroll in them”, in other words, people view community colleges as a pathway towards different goals.

Chief Etheridge

Community Improvement

'I Seek to Be Part of the Solution.' Inspiring early enthusiasm for science.

Camille Schrier, Miss America 2020

February 11, 2020

In my earliest of memories, my interests always revolved around science in one way or another, even if I was too young to understand the science that was behind them.

K-12 Education

STEM

Women

Upskilling & Reskilling to Remain Competitive

February 6, 2020

In today’s labor market, long-term talent strategies are often over-shadowed by the critical short-term needs of today and tomorrow. While immediate hiring needs are often the most pressing issues for HR departments, strategies like TPM can help businesses solve these common pain points—such as unfilled job openings, exorbitant training and onboarding costs, and attrition—and talent gaps collaboratively.

Joe Quick

Beyond School Walls: Combining Mentorship with On-the-Job Learning

Roger Turner, Fleet Operations, Cox Enterprises

January 8, 2020

Last year, Cox and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta (BBBSMA) joined forces to launch a new approach to mentoring with a program called Beyond School Walls. Though other BBBS affiliates had tried the program, this was the first of its kind for Atlanta. This program combines traditional mentorship with an immersive educational experience. The one simple, but very important element that makes this program different than traditional mentoring programs is location.

Youth Employment

Engineering Excellence: CofC and STEM Businesses Look to Bridge Regional Skills Gap

December 12, 2019

By 2020, one of the city’s higher education institutions, in partnership with some of the city’s major STEM businesses, will look to make a bridge of their own to address a skills gap that is prominent across the country. In the fall of 2020, the College of Charleston (CofC) will officially introduce its Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering degree program after being approved by the state’s Commission on Higher Education this summer.

Chief Etheridge

STEM