: Center for Education and Workforce

Today’s Talent Management: Unlearn, Learn, and Re-Invent Yourself

Kamal Ahluwalia, President, Eightfold

August 2, 2018

The need for quality talent is so great that those who excel at unlearning, learning, and reinventing themselves have a higher probability of success for overcoming common biases including race, gender, age, and academic background. Finding employees and candidates who have the ability and initiative to constantly reinvent themselves is the goal of every company today, though it isn’t easy.

Postsecondary Education

Quick Take: Your Primer on the Perkins Career and Technical Education Reauthorization

July 31, 2018

Above the Fold - Perkins Reauthorization

Congress last week passed and the president today signed legislation reauthorizing the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, which provides important funding for programs focused on the academic, career, and technical skills development for high school and higher education students. Highlights of the reauthorization include new opportunities for partnerships between employers and educators to improve student preparation for in-demand jobs, measures that improve alignment with other workforce development programs, and increased program accountability.

K-12 Education

Postsecondary Education

Looking at the Aging Workforce through a New Lens

Sharon Emek, CEO and President, WAHVE

July 24, 2018

For hiring managers to attract top talent, they must view the aging workforce through a new lens. Today, we consider those 65+ to be “older” and less skilled or capable. But we must shift our perspective on age. The average life expectancy for a man is 80 years old, and for a woman the average is 85 years. A 50-year-old is no longer a “senior.”

Competitiveness

A Pledge to the American Worker

July 23, 2018

Above the Fold - Pledge to the American Worker

Last week the administration launched what it termed “the next step” in its economic agenda: a sweeping, administration-wide effort to equip the American workforce to succeed in the modern economy. To propel this initiative forward, it is seeking advice and cooperation from leaders in business and education. Our message at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is simple: Count us in. We look forward to continuing our work with the administration on this issue of critical importance to the entire business community.

Business, Military, and Labor Unite to Smooth Military Employment Pathways

July 20, 2018

Throughout the day’s conversations, several major issues were acknowledged and summit participants and attendees discussed their current and future plans to work together to tackle these challenges. Where the morning portion of the summit centered on the challenges experienced and identified by government and military officials, the afternoon session addressed how all sectors share similar challenges in the talent marketplace and how many corporate solutions could be applied to inspire real change for the military and our veterans.

Carrie Brooks

Postsecondary Education

Veterans

Ignite Middle School STEM Interest: From ‘What do I want to be?’ to ‘How will I get there?’

Liz Rowan, Director of Marketing, EVERFI

July 17, 2018

Since the fall of 2017, thousands of students across the country have completed the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s STEM Scholars digital program. Throughout the course, students engage with content that reinforces key STEM skills and learn how STEM careers connect to their interests and daily lives. See how the program highlights exciting science, technology, engineering, and math challenges from a connected, technology-fueled world.

K-12 Education

STEM

Taking the Time to Connect the Community to Career Opportunities

Brett Melvin, Executive Director, Bridging America's Gap

July 12, 2018

Over the past five years or so, workforce data has been sending a strong message: there is a difference between the expectation that employers have of the skills and competencies that a new employee will have on day one and what the employee is actually capable of doing. The only way to ensure skills translate into successful career paths is to provide students and their families with exposure to and awareness of the jobs and career paths available across industries right in their own community.

Youth Employment

Confidence, Diversity, and a Foundation for Change in the Dallas STEM Pipeline

July 11, 2018

Achieving Tomorrow, Dallas: STEM Center of Excellence

By working to close the gender gap in STEM-related fields and foster a long overdue leadership pipeline in Dallas, the Girl Scouts STEM Center of Excellence is a shining example of the positive educational outcomes that happen when businesses engage with their communities.

Futureproofing: How a Commitment to Helping Children Turns $1 into $16 (and How You Can Too)

Early Childhood Education

June 29, 2018

How do you pitch giving back as good business? And how do you make a financial services company care—really care—about making a dent in early childhood education, an issue that doesn’t show up anywhere on the balance sheet? These were the questions that the leaders of the PNC Foundation had to answer if PNC was going to play a huge role in improving early childhood education in the communities they serve. The research was clear and irrefutable. The benefits of quality early childhood education are not only social, but economic, with a benefit as high as $16 for every dollar invested. And today’s preschoolers are tomorrow’s workforce.