Rebecca Gehman

#comms #econdev #talent consultant - clients include @OpptyatWork + author of "Talent Wars: What People Look for in Jobs and Locations"

[Byron Auguste @byron_auguste]

I recently spoke with @william_r_kerr on the @HarvardHBS #ManagingTheFutureofWork podcast about why smart companies and 13 states (and counting) are committing to skills-based hiring and tearing the paper ceiling to tap into the STARs talent pool.

STARs = the 50% of U.S. workers skilled through alternative routes vs. a bachelor's degree. Without a STARs talent strategy - you have only *half* a talent strategy. #HireSTARs

Listen to the podcast (or read the transcript) here: https://t.co/kxLJaVuAWm

[Byron Auguste @byron_auguste]

📚 I read the phenomenal book, "Impromptu: Amplifying Our Humanity Through AI," by @ReidHoffman and @OpenAI’s #ChatGPT4.

It dives into how #AI can empower humanity and transform how we tackle our biggest challenges - including how AI can help rewire the labor market.

In chapter seven, Reid and #ChatGPT discuss @OpptyatWork and how AI can connect companies and STARs - the 70+ million workers skilled through alternative routes, rather than a bachelor’s degree.

Don't miss this enlightening analysis on AI's potential to reshape society for the better. 🤖✨🌏

https://t.co/5nfC2elYxh

[Rebecca Gehman @RebeccaGehman]

"The good news is people (already in the labor market) DO have the potential to do it - 70+ million Americans are STARs, skilled through alternative routes rather than a bachelor’s degree @OpptyatWork has the data"

[Rebecca Gehman @RebeccaGehman]

“Today’s surge of industrial policy investment cannot be successful without a dramatic change in the way our labor market works. It's not possible to scale enough middle schoolers to meet the need in clean energy and semiconductors." - @byron_auguste at @USDOL #ETAvision2030

[Governor Phil Murphy @GovMurphy]

Signing an Executive Order Creating Pathways to State Jobs for New Jerseyans Without College Degrees https://t.co/lKcYPV16E7

[Byron Auguste @byron_auguste]

Agreed! During my time in @BarackObama's Administration, we worked to help American communities - urban, rural, metros - to link their industries' needs for skills with the good jobs they all wanted. Proud of @OpptyatWork's catalytic role since then in the growing movement to #TearThePaperCeiling for 70+ million U.S. workers without bachelor's degrees who are skilled through alternative routes - STARs. Well-captured in @rmc031's excellent @voxdotcom profile.

“Degree inflation” was a mistake, done in silos. We're undoing it together, on purpose.

https://t.co/OPmIQLrHoc

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Here’s an example of a smart policy that gets rid of unnecessary college degree requirements and reduces barriers to good paying jobs. I hope other states follow suit! https://t.co/ik8SOeoMem

[Byron Auguste @byron_auguste]

Proud to share @voxdotcom profile of the growing movement to #TearThePaperCeiling for 70+ million U.S. workers without bachelors degrees who are skilled through alternative routes aka STARs*. 🌟

It recognizes @OpptyatWork‘s catalytic role and the contributions of many partners:

1⃣ “receipts”: low wage ≠ low skill; millions of STARs have skills for much higher paid jobs.
2⃣“the momentum”: rallied 60 partners behind #TearThePaperCeiling to #HireSTARs.
3⃣“the results”: leading companies and trailblazing states tapping STARs talent successfully.

“Degree inflation” was a mistake, done in silos. Now we can undo it: together, on purpose.

https://t.co/XtKSZC1ADx

[Erica L. Groshen @EricaGroshen]

Raising awareness of the costs and injustices of stranding the human capital of workers w/o college degrees is big deal and a huge credit to @byron_auguste and the @OpptyatWork team, including @DebroyPapia. Congratulations!

[Rebecca Gehman @RebeccaGehman]

.@nytimes makes the case for the 50% of U.S. workers Skilled Through Alternative Routes, rather than BA degrees. Citing @byron_auguste if employers lack a STARs talent strategy “they don’t have a talent strategy, they only have half a talent strategy.”
https://t.co/kfmMQO2MUf

[Byron Auguste @byron_auguste]

.@nytimes applauds PA, MD, UT Govs replacing college degree screen w/skills+experience. Cites @OpptyatWork research. Quotes me: if employers lack a STARs talent strategy “they don’t have a talent strategy, they only have half a talent strategy.”
https://t.co/UqsIgdCc3y #HireSTARs

[Amy Liu @amy_liuw]

I called my father today to wish him a Happy Lunar Year.

I shouldn’t have to worry about his ability to go out, celebrate, and enjoy the many Chinese traditions that come w/ this day…but I did. My heart goes out to all the families in Monterey Park. May strength overcome fear.

[Byron Auguste @byron_auguste]

Excellent piece on mobility by @wsj's @laurenweberWSJ and @theofrancis - thank you for interviewing me.

Smart employers are offering advancement opportunities to *all* workers - especially STARs (workers Skilled Through Alternative Routes).

#HireSTARs👇🏾
https://t.co/YmaTZG9iit

[Reid Hoffman @reidhoffman]

Love both @tylercowen and @byron_auguste. Tyler: one of our great public intellectuals. Byron: one of our great change agents for diversity inclusion and economic change. An honor to work with Byron @OpptyatWork

[Byron Auguste @byron_auguste]

ICYMI: Great conversation on economist @tylercowen's podcast on how the labor market can be more data-driven and inclusive - and why employers must START valuing STARs (people Skilled Through Alternative Routes) and STOP overvaluing degrees.

https://t.co/BDhmbzK7NF

[Adrion Porter @adrionporter]

Join me this Friday, 12/9 @ 12:30pm EST on LinkedIn for a #FabulousOver40 Fireside Chat with @byron_auguste, CEO/co-founder of @OpptyatWork. Byron and I will discuss Opportunity@Work's Skilled Through Alternative Routes (STARs) program.

RSVP: https://t.co/garpjjLfUu

#HireSTARs

[Marketplace @Marketplace]

There are concerns that AI used in recruitment programs is disproportionately excluding women, people of color or those who don’t have degrees, even when they’re qualified for a job.

Now there are efforts to build new hiring tools to reverse that bias. https://t.co/NtvlYUAVt1

[Boston Globe Ideas @GlobeIdeas]

Higher ed has long been a sorting machine for employers seeking talented young people to fill their ranks. Therein lies the trouble, says @machtHBR. https://t.co/tCbMODjY43

[Shirley Leung @leung]

This topic is all the rage now in corporate circles: An end run around a college degree. @Merck chairman Ken Frazier talked about this at @statnews summit yesterday with @matthewherper https://t.co/f4p2VJuUoM via @GlobeIdeas @machtHBR