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‘Don’t go to college for career advice’ – Salon.com, Online

Massive college debt is a hot-button issue these days. I sat down with Nick Wyman, the CEO of the Institute for Workplace Skills and Innovation and author of “Job U,” to discuss how to better prepare Americans for their future careers.

“Really what happened is we suddenly had this massive amount of people going to college, a lot of people were dropping out of college, people are taking on student loans,” Wyman said during our Salon Talks.

According to the U.S. Census, more than 20 percent of people 18 to 34 years old live in poverty in America today. This is an uptick from how Baby Boomers lived in the 1980s, with millennials earning an average of $2,000 less today than young adults did back then, even though they are more likely to have a college degree.

Wyman argued that this cycle is bad for our workforce and bad for our country — he’s worried that we’re inadequately preparing our young people for the workforce.

“So you have people exiting the education system without the skills that employers need, and that caused all sorts of problems,” Wyman said.

Source:
http://www.salon.com/2017/03/03/watch-dont-go-to-college-for-career-advice-cautions-workplace-skills-expert/

Nicholas Wyman on Business Rockstars

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Skill Based Careers in the Real World – Fox Studio 11, LA

Nicholas Wyman discusses the important issues of our time around the revival of skilled based careers. Nicholas is the CEO of The Institute For Workplace Skills and Innovation and Author of ‘Job U – How to find wealth and success by developing the skills companies actually need.

‘Good Cents’ with Nicholas Wyman – WFAA 8

Average student loans debt? $30,000

Yet there exist other excellent career options that do not incur such debt.

New and emerging industries and retirement drop off from skilled jobs means that the demand for skilled workers is high and steadily increasing. In this interview on WFAA 8’s Texas Morning News ‘Good Cents’ segment, Nicholas Wyman, author of ‘Job U: How to Find Wealth and Success by Developing the Skills Companies Actually Need’, explains how people can get the skills that employers are looking for as well as other tools for young people considering their future career options.

Hard to fill jobs can offer future career opportunities

| NBC 12 | RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) – August 13, 2015 |

If your student is exploring careers, or maybe you want to change careers, there are jobs in demand that you may not have thought of. Local companies are struggling to fill many jobs, because of a shortage of qualified people.  Nicholas Wyman has spent his career studying jobs. He’s author of Job U, and is CEO of the Institute for Workplace Skills and Innovation. He’s says local companies struggle to fill jobs, because there aren’t enough people trained with the right skills.  ”With technology, some are hiring outside the region,” explained Wyman. “They’re hiring overseas and that really does hurt the local economy.”  He says there’s a breakdown in communication between businesses and educators. “Employers aren’t very good at saying, ‘These are the jobs we need.'”  And he says too many people think a four-year bachelors degree is the only option.  ”There’s plenty of other careers through apprenticeship or community college,” said Wyman.  So we asked, what are the hard to fill jobs?  ”When I looked at the number one shortage in this region, it’s actually electrician. Believe it or not, employers cannot find people who want to be electricians.”  And Wyman says there’s a host of other skilled trade and technology jobs.  ”Not only cyber security, but technology, specifically medical technology.

There are huge opportunities in medical technology,” said Wyman.  Nationwide, Forbes magazine recently listed the top 10 hard to fill jobs:
1.   Skilled Trade Workers
2.   Sales Representatives
3.   Engineers
4.   Technicians
5.   Drivers
6.   Management/Executives
7.   Accounting and Finance Staff
8.   Secretaries, PAs, Administrative Assistants, and Office Support Staff
9.   IT Staff
10.   Production/Machine Operators
And Wyman says these jobs aren’t just for young people starting their careers. Mid-career workers can train for many of these jobs online or at community colleges, as well.

Source:
http://www.nbc12.com/story/29770512/hard-to-fill-jobs-can-offer-future-career-opportunities

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