Institute for Workplace Skills & Innovation America
WINA Morning News With Rick And Jane on WINA-AM 1070 | 13 May, 2015 |
Virginia needs to fill 1.5 million jobs in the next decade. Most will require post-secondary education (but less than a Bachelor’s Degree).
Nicholas Wyman and Jane Foy discuss the critical role that community colleges play in addressing the skills needs of Virginia’s businesses into the 21st century.
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There’s a lot of people looking for work at the same time that there’s a worker shortage. Information Morning speaks with Nicholas Wyman to get some ideas on how to fix this mismatch.
Addressing the growing gap between the skills employers are looking for and the qualifications Canada’s young people are receiving, IWSI CEO Nicholas Wyman is in town to speak at the Halifax Chamber of Commerce Spring Dinner. He shares his innovative ideas on how this skills gap can be addressed.
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ABC Radio National Host Fran Kelly is joined by the CEO of Skilling Australia Foundation, Nicholas Wyman, to discuss the planned pilot of P-TECH – a revolutionary new approach to addressing unemployment that has been shown to work in the US where there are now 100 P-TECH schools.
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January 15 , 2015
Nicholas Wyman talks about the changing job market and new opportunities available in aviation, bioscience, medical technology and nuclear medicine. As outlined in his book – Job U, the traditional pathway to career success through attaining a university degree is by no means the only model. In a changing world workplace, new industry calls for on the job training and a return to apprenticeship models.
WTMY-AM Petersburg
Thursday 29 January, 2015
Doug Miles and Nicholas Wyman
The world has changed and constant adaptation is required. College is no longer a guaranteed job and with 1.2 trillion in national student loan debt averaging 30 thousand per person, its an expensive pathway. Doug and Nicholas look at the realistic economic environment and its implication for young job seekers and their prospective employment opportunities.