Author name: margaux

LEARN TO CODE

Massachusetts:  Local radio station WGBH estimates only 1% of Massachusetts students are taking a computer class that will get students ready for the Future of Work. WGBH – Boston TV station A friend’s daughter was interviewing at a bank.  The hiring manager asked the applicant what languages she knows?  The applicant listed Italian, French, German, …

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GET TECHIE!

Manpower 2012 study reported a third of worldwide companies had trouble filling their tech jobs.  Industry, marketplace, employers want RBPS and RBDM, which require Science, Tech, Engineering, and Math (STEM) skills.  Unfortunately, many applicants had skills in areas where there’s not much demand. Pre COVID, there were not enough trained VUCANs for in-demand jobs.  And, this …

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JOB READY

Colleges have to do much more to put certain questions on the table to help students grapple with the coming decade of uncertainty. David Brooks – New York Times Columnist A recent survey conducted by the Pew Research Centre showed that only 16% of Americans think that a four-year degree course prepares students for a …

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MANAGING AND ENGINEERING THE FUTURE OF WORK

If colleges were businesses they would be right for hostile takeovers, complete with serious cost-cutting and painful reorganizations. US News and World Report Overarching theme in this book is the need for lifelong, continuing education.  But, few colleges are meeting this need.  They seem to be frozen due to the oncoming Edupocalypse or educational disruption.  They …

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