Gamification: The âItâ Word in Workforce Development
The term gamification first appeared when Nick Pelling coined the âdeliberately uglyâ word in 2002, when tasked with developing a game-like interface for ATM and vending machines. But...
âSTEMINISMâ: Women play a key role in filling the STEM Gap
According to Italian experimental particle physicist and first-ever woman General Director of CERN, Fabiola Gianotto, âScience has no passport, no gender, no race, no political partyâĶscience is...
Winning at Workforce: Career and Pathway Awareness Starting in K-12 is the Competitive Advantage
In todayâs ever-evolving labor market, there are more jobs available than ever for young adults to pick from depending on the type of career that best suits them. However, this is only possible...
What does Gen Z want from you in 2023?
By Kamber Parker, Founder & Young Professional Expert, The YoPro Know, LLC // The main topic on every business leader’s mind right now is this: How does Gen Z think and how...
Meet Workforce Development’s Secret Ingredient: The Avatar
Do you know one reason so many jobs continue to go unfilled? Kids canât âseeâ themselves working in them. They donât know what opportunities exist, as we discuss here, and even when they do,...
The Unprecedented Growth of Game-Based Learning
By the end of this year, there will be 79.6 million digital gamers in the US, or more than half of our population. Industry growth is accelerating thanks to heavy engagement of younger gamers...
America’s Workforce: In Need of a Rescue, or a Reset?
By Tina Zwolinski, Co-Founder and CEO, skillsgapp // Long before the pandemic, there was a need to âresetâ the systems we have in place for preparing our future workforce with the critical...