Cultivating Talent: Bridging the Gap Between Classrooms and Workplaces
Date: September 7, 2017
Time: 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Mountain
Register now to learn more about how innovative approaches to transportation workforce development are creating new career pathways for emerging and incumbent professionals.
Transportation employers across all sectors are increasingly responding to workforce development challenges by investing more time and resources into cultivating skilled professionals. Major transportation employers are now developing nontraditional apprentice programs to create their own minor leagues of talented professionals. Leaders in K-12 education are implementing innovative new workplace learning opportunities for students, and employers around the country are taking leadership roles in cultivating the skills and knowledge of their future employees.
Panelists
- Kevin Nunes, Kuehne + Nagel Inc., will discuss his firm’s innovative private-sector apprentice program.
- Jason Tyszko, S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, will discuss the employer-driven Talent Pipeline Management Academy.
- Mandy Wolff, Rock Hills (SC) School District 3, will discuss her innovative workplace learning initiatives to infuse career pathway awareness and training for students in grades 8-12.
Moderated by Tyler Reeb, Associate Director, Southwest Transportation Workforce Center, California State University, Long Beach.
For more information or to register, click here.
Link: https://csulb.zoom.us/j/238631266
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