Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget’s Post

This article is the second in a series about short-term credentials and explores employers’ demand for certifications. Read more in the latest on Dallas Fed Communities: https://lnkd.in/gSKWapC5 Anna Crockett, Emily Ryder Perlmeter and Xiaohan Zhang

Strengthening College and Career Pathways: Why State Policymakers Should Embrace Return-On-Investment (ROI) Analyses

A huge amount of gratitude to Mainebiz, Maine's premier business publication, for running my op-ed! I look forward to continuing the conversation, and bringing more attention to the need of awareness initiatives, through future contributions. #workforcedevelopment #skillsgap #awarenessgap #Maine #entreprenuership #smallbusiness #skilledtrades #humanresources #recruiting #employerbranding #employeevalueproposition #recruitmentmarketing #data #research #strategy #solutions

Mainebiz has posted an op-ed by our co-founder, John Lewis. If you're experiencing recruiting challenges, give it a read. #workforcedevelopment #skillsgap #awarenessgap #Maine #entreprenuership #smallbusiness #skilledtrades #humanresources #recruiting #employerbranding #employeevalueproposition #recruitmentmarketing #data #research #strategy #solutions

Navigating the entrepreneurial waters? Seek out the CTM—Closest to Money positions—where a few key skills can lead to personal compensation. 🎯 Simplify your journey by honing in on roles that directly affect your income, rather than getting bogged down by multiple skills at once. It's smart, it's strategic, and it's how I doubled my teacher's salary month after month. Choose the path that leads straight to growth. #ClosestToMoney #SkillFocus #IncomeGrowth #SideHustleStrategy #DirectSalesSuccess

The BACB have published data shedding light on the demand for BCBAs in 2023. Leading the way is California, with 12,843 BCBA job postings in 2023. Despite a 9.8% decrease from the previous year, California remains the prominent hub for behavior analysis opportunities. Particularly noteworthy is Oregon's surge in demand. Job postings increased from 235 in 2022 to 920 in 2023, an increase of 291.5%. The 5 states with the highest number of job postings in 2023 were California (12,804), Massachusetts (4,178), Texas (3,644), Florida (3,245) and Georgia (3,028). #BCBA #BehaviorAnalysis #BACB

For those university students who want to help "future proof" their careers, consider choosing a double major. Like diversifying one's financial portfolio, having a double major shields you better against disruptions and earning shocks. For those who's majors are are more dissimilar, this effect is actually larger (see: Hanks et al., NBER Working Paper 32095, January 2024 found at https://lnkd.in/eAsX6UX4). As a corollary to a conversation I've had with many of my current and former students, for those of you who go on for further study, doing it at a different (second) university in a different field also provides beneficial career effects through diversification. Not only will you experience new perspectives, you'll learn from a different faculty, engage with peers from diverse backgrounds, and have more opportunities to leverage your prior learning in your new context. I still greatly value my decisions to get degrees at different schools. In my educational journey, it was University of Florida for my undergrad, Vanderbilt University - Owen Graduate School of Management for an MBA, and University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business for a doctorate. I studied different double majors at each level, and learned from leading, expert faculty (and some similarly high achieving peers) at each step in my journey. I purposefully continued that in my professional career by diversifying the fields of expertise and subjects I sought to master, as well as the nations, sectors, and industries I wished to apply my learning and skillsets. As such, when one field, sector, or set of practices was about to head on a downward trajectory, I could adeptly shift investments of my efforts and time into ones that were pointing up. It worked great for me. Maybe a similar pattern will work for those of you at an earlier stage of your educational and career journeys??

https://lnkd.in/ecNWs_S6 By eliminating this barrier, both employers and employees can move through together.

Listen now as Joe Murphy discusses how IBC uses the annual Competitive Dashboard report to develop actionable items to make Iowa better, such as programs like Future Ready Iowa and others are helping equip our students in work-based learning. https://lnkd.in/gyP6XQYz

When deciding on your career path, there are many things to consider, compensation being one of the most important to many. This article from Forbes outlines the highest paying jobs in the US in 2024. https://lnkd.in/djti7anK