Blurring the Lines
By Jared Polis and published by The74Million.org How Blurring the Lines Between High School,...
The Job Outlook for the Class of 2024
Competition. In 2022, there was a job opening for every applicant, according to LinkedIn. Now, in 2024 there are 2 applicants for every job.
Impact of the Botched FAFSA Rollout
Across the United States, the number of students who have successfully submitted the FAFSA is down 29% from this time last year, and it’s even worse at schools with more low-income students, according to the National College Attainment Network.
Many in Gen Z ditch colleges for trade schools. Meet the ‘toolbelt generation’
With that price tag increasing, many Gen Zers say they’ve been left with no choice but to leave the college path. Many say living with their parents until they can pay off their college debt isn’t an option.
Google Blog Featuring Jobspeaker’s Use of Vertex AI
Jobspeaker chose to work with Vertex AI for its curriculum-to-skills mapping. After achieving initial success with classification work, Jobspeaker saw opportunities to use new generative AI capabilities in Vertex AI. These tools are now applied to extracting data that identifies and aggregates skills developed in education and maps them to job descriptions.
Jobspeaker Announces Strategic Acquisition of GradCast
“The Changes to Gainful Employment Rules that the Department of Education has outlined have a significant reporting requirement,” said Jarlath O’Carroll, Jobspeaker’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer. With this acquisition, our education clients will have enhanced tools to document placement and track a student’s employment into their desired career,” continued Mr. O’Carroll.
The Benefits of Skills-Based Hiring for the State and Local Government Workforce
From americanprogress.org Skills-based practices can spur an equitable recovery in the...
A generation adrift: Why young people are less happy and what we can do about it
Champion education for the future. Schools need to go beyond traditional academics and equip students with life skills that can be applied anywhere.
Are Recent Graduates Ready to Work? HR Professionals Say Yes.
Having the right skills is of utmost importance to both groups: Gen Z wants to build skills that will lead to a good job and 81% of employers believe they should look at skills rather than degrees when hiring.
Jobs for the Future’s new $50M fund looks to invest in underrepresented founders
The new fund — furnished in part by the Autodesk Foundation, the Workday Foundation and the American Council on Education — will target founders building HR, education and workforce solutions that “enable economic mobility for workers in middle to low-wage jobs,” said JFFVentures Fund managing partner Sabari Raja.
Degrees of Risk
Having the right skills is of utmost importance to both groups: Gen Z wants to build skills that will lead to a good job and 81% of employers believe they should look at skills rather than degrees when hiring.
As AI Upends Recruiting, Job Seekers Need a Waze App for Careers
Most aspiring workers have very limited access to information on the labor market—what jobs are available near them, what skills or credentials are required to qualify for consideration, and what they pay. As a result, they rely on data gleaned from job postings and social media and impressions from informal conversations.
More U.S. companies no longer requiring job seekers to have a college degree
The relaxing of high education requirements is in effect serving to correct so-called degree inflation, or when employers increasingly require a college degree for jobs that don’t require college-level skills, which has long been the norm in recruiting.
What HR needs to do to make skills-based hiring a success
By Dawn Kawamoto and published by HRExecutive.com In many sectors, traditional hiring models are...
How Important Is a College Degree Compared to Experience?
Skills-Based Hiring Is on the Rise by Joseph Fuller, Christina Langer, and Matt Sigelman....
Skills-Based Hiring Is on the Rise
by Joseph Fuller, Christina Langer, and Matt Sigelman. Published by HBR.org Early in the 2000s, a...
House Unveils Bipartisan Workforce Pell legislation
Washington Watch: House unveils bipartisan workforce Pell legislation By Jim Hermes and published...
Skills by Sector for a Just Transition
From the European Centre for for the Development of Vocational Training CEDEFOP Anticipating the...
We Became The Best of Beings
We’re here to support and provide inspiration during these times. Our team loves the following...
The Future Of Education: 5 eLearning Trends To Keep An Eye On In 2024
By Vipin H and published by eLearningIndustry.com Summary: Discover the future of education in...
The Myth of the Unemployed College Grad
A bachelor’s degree continues to be a great investment. Why do the media keep suggesting...
Vision 2023 A Roadmap for California Community Colleges
Vision 2030 A Roadmap for California Community Colleges “Vision 2030 reexamines what access means...
Online, Competency-Based Learning Trades Connection for Flexibility
By Elaine S. Povich, Stateline.org and Published by GovTech.com California is set to become the...
The Gender Gap in STEM: Still Gaping in 2023
Published by MIT.edu Despite progress in gender equity and growing interest over the last decade...
Lifelong learning needs a reboot – here’s how to do it
By Matt Riley and Published by TimesHigherEducation.com Instead of untangling a miscellany of...
Race in the workplace: The frontline experience
Some employees are destroying value. Others are building it. Do you know the difference?...
McKinsey Quarterly Report
Some employees are destroying value. Others are building it. Do you know the difference? By Aaron...
Who Should Shape What Colleges Teach?
By Emma Pettit and published at Chronicle.com Not the government, most Americans say. Over the...
Can a National Marketing Campaign Change the Souring Conversation About College?
Can a National Marketing Campaign Change the Souring Conversation About College? By Francie Diep...
Non-Completion, Student Debt, and Financial Well-Being: Evidence from the Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking
By Jacob Lockwood and Douglas Webber Introduction As the price of college and student loan debt...
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