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Filling the Tech Talent Gap Committee Meeting

Please have your Chief Human Resource Officers and Senior Leadership register to attend the next Filling the Tech Talent Gap Community of Interest meeting to hear from a nationally recognized leader in talent, the future of work, and economic mobility.  Economist Byron Auguste  is the CEO & Co-Founder of Opportunity@Work  – a nonprofit whose mission is to increase access to middle-wage jobs for the 70+ million U.S. workers who are Skilled Through Alternative Routes (STARs)  and do not currently have a four-year degree. Byron recently wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post on the importance of skills-based hiring that’s gaining attention from business leaders:  “The majority of Americans lack a college degree. Why do so many employers require one?”.

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Event Date September, 29

Event Time 7:00am - 8:00am

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