Seeing the sharp demand for digital skills, accelerated by the COVID-19 health and economic crisis, nonprofit Generation USA partnered with Verizon last year with a goal of preparing 500,000 people for jobs of the future by 2030.
“What I care about is that there’s a clear pathway so you can keep stacking those credentials and move into the higher-paid jobs very quickly,” Segal said during a recent virtual event hosted by the Education Writers Association.
"Our four community partners have been working diligently to provide new and accessible opportunities like this for their residents," said Future of Work Talent Lead at CORI, Brett Ellis.
“Our partnership with Generation is giving our students the chance to build a bright future by developing their skill sets and uncovering new career opportunities,” said Jaffrus Hardrick, president of Florida Memorial University.
“There’s a very large ecosystem here in North Texas that helps fuel the pipeline of Black technologists and entrepreneurs,” Beasley said, naming the DFW Minority Supplier Development Council, Year Up, and Generation USA.
The Verizon Reskilling Program is being led by workforce and education nonprofit JFF, in collaboration with Generation USA, a nonprofit that provides free career training, placement and support, with funding from Verizon.
During its “bootcamp,” Generation USA invites line managers from companies that seek tech apprentices to explain how the entry-level roles actually work and what a day on the job is like.
The Future of Work Grand Challenge is geared for job seekers 18 years and older who do not have a college degree and are currently unemployed or underemployed. You can apply for the program online.
Generation USA, a workforce development nonprofit, today announced a partnership with ConSol USA, a business process "smart-sourcing" (BPO) organization with a mission focused on recruiting and up-skilling employees for high-demand technology sectors. In the first year of the partnership alone, ConSol has pledged to hire 3,000 Generation graduates by 2022.
