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Building the Future of California Talent Symposium & Webinar Series
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The Bay Area Council and Pearson teamed up to host a virtual event series for employers and educators throughout the state of California with the goal to spark collaborative thinking, resulting in actionable ideas that will prepare today and tomorrow's learners for jobs.
The Bay Area Council and Pearson teamed up to host a virtual event series for employers and educators throughout the state of California with the goal to spark collaborative thinking, resulting in actionable ideas that will prepare today and tomorrow's learners for jobs.
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Overview
As you learn about the changes in job skills for your talent and ways of collaboration between employers and educators, you will be the leaders to bridge the gap for hiring local talent.
Hear from California high school students and job seekers on how they see employers and educators playing a vital role in preparing them for careers.
Webinar recordings
A New Reality: What Business is Doing to Reach a Changing Workforce As workers and job seekers have redefined their expectations and the economy has shifted, it is imperative that employers meet the needs of their current workforce while providing additional support that makes them attractive to their next generation of workers. Hear from leaders across industries about what they have done to adapt and meet these challenges over the past 18 months. Moderator: Henry Bartholomay, Senior Policy Manager, Bay Area Council Panelists:
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Reconnecting Women to the Workforce —Providing Equitable Pathways Following COVID-19 Over the past year, women have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. They have shouldered the responsibilities of childcare, distance learning, and large numbers have left the workforce. In this webinar, panelists discuss how education systems and employers can maximize existing retraining programs and further develop new training models to ensure there is a path laid out for women to re-enter the workforce. Moderator: Mary Clinton, Pearson Campus Ambassador Panelists:
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Telehealth & the Future of the Healthcare Workforce In this webinar, hear from experts in the industry to learn how our health systems are meeting the changing landscape of healthcare as it adapts to the future of work. Moderator: Patricia Macalalag, Pearson Campus Ambassador Panelists:
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Redesigning Learning Pathways & Re-skilling the Workforce In this webinar, panelists discuss how students and workers can redesign their learning pathways and re-skill to meet changing workforce demands. Moderator: Erika Webb-Hughes, Vice President of Sustainability & West Coast Government Affairs, Pearson Panelists:
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The Power of Hidden Biases and the Impact on the Workforce In this webinar, learn about unconscious bias and how it effects everyday decisions — in life and at work. Additionally, discover ways to address it to build more diverse and inclusive teams. Moderator: Leslie Alfaro, Policy Associate, Bay Area Council
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Online Learning in Higher Education: Ensuring Quality, Equity and Access in a Pandemic In this webinar, panelists explore how we can maintain a quality education in a digital world, the importance of equity and access, the impact it has on digital literacy and our future workforce, and the roadmap and actions we need to take for success. Moderator: Patricia Ann Macalalag, Pearson Campus Ambassador Panelists:
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Leading from Home: 30 Days into a Pandemic Life and work as we know it has shifted in unprecedented ways — and fast — bringing new challenges to daily lives including staying physically distant from family, friends, and colleagues. This can be unnatural for social creatures like humans, especially when they have others looking to them for leadership and direction in uncertain times. In this webinar, business and education leaders share how they have adapted to leading their teams from home, including support for employees inexperienced working remotely, ways to help employees maintain a good work-life balance, and advice on effective homeschooling strategies. Moderator: Henry Bartholomay, Bay Area Council Panelists:
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Symposium Recap
Keynote panelists from the Building the Future of California Talent Symposium held in January 2020 talk about how all players in the education ecosystem can work together to design and implement innovative approaches to prepare today and tomorrow's learners for jobs.
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Resources
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Opportunity for Higher Education in the Era of the Talent Economy
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Creating a strategic education benefit that works for your employees and your business
UpSkill America and Pearson introduced a new toolkit for organizations to use in designing sustainable upskilling strategies and solutions.
Global Learner Survey 2021
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