I-Corps: WorkReadyGrad application

I-Corps：WorkReadyGrad 应用程序

• 批准号: 1505388
• 负责人: Caitlin Dooley
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-02-01 至 2015-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1505388&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; WorkReadyGrad; application

Economists and educators are grappling with how to best prepare students for a rapidly changing economic landscape. Research suggests that changing workforce needs will require students to develop transferable knowledge and skills through deep learning connections between school, work, and life. This I-Corps team will explore the launch of an application called WorkReadyGrad.com which seeks to close the skills gap by elevating the quality and frequency of dialogue between students and potential employers. The proposed work is a web-based social networking and electronic-portfolio tool that facilitates this connection, and connects students to professionals for career and educational mentoring in STEM fields. Made for students in middle school through college and professionals across a wide range of careers, the tool can connect students with information, resources, and potential employers. Complementing this student service, the proposed tool will enable employers to communicate future hiring needs and to groom new talent. Specific to this I-Corps application, WorkReadyGrad intends to engage in customer discovery by engaging companies and civic institutions to build a more diverse pool of STEM workers. By launching in Atlanta, WorkReadyGrad is able to connect colleges and employers with an underserved, under-utilized workforce that is more than 50% African American.. Short-term success will be gauged by skill sets and certifications that students obtain and the growth of their professional networks. Short-term success will also be gauged by the number of professional mentors enrolled from public and private employers and the quality of their engagements within the WorkReadyGrad environment. Long-term success will be measured by enrollment and completion of post-secondary education and by the quantity and quality of job placements from post-secondary institutions. It is anticipated that the time horizon to short-term impact is approximately 3-12 months and to long-term impact is approximately 2-10 years.

经济学家和教育工作者正在努力解决如何让学生为快速变化的经济环境做好最好的准备。 研究表明，不断变化的劳动力需求将要求学生通过学校，工作和生活之间的深度学习联系来发展可转移的知识和技能。这个I-Corps团队将探索推出一个名为WorkReadyGrad.com的应用程序，该应用程序旨在通过提高学生和潜在雇主之间对话的质量和频率来缩小技能差距。拟议的工作是一个基于网络的社交网络和电子投资组合工具，促进这种联系，并将学生与专业人士联系起来，进行STEM领域的职业和教育指导。该工具适用于中学到大学的学生和各种职业的专业人士，可以将学生与信息，资源和潜在雇主联系起来。作为对这项学生服务的补充，拟议的工具将使雇主能够传达未来的招聘需求，并培养新的人才。具体到这个I-Corps应用程序，WorkReadyGrad打算通过让公司和民间机构参与客户发现，以建立一个更多样化的STEM工作者库。通过在亚特兰大推出，WorkReadyGrad能够将大学和雇主与服务不足，利用率不足的劳动力联系起来，其中非洲裔美国人超过50%。短期的成功将通过学生获得的技能和证书以及他们专业网络的发展来衡量。短期的成功也将通过从公共和私人雇主招募的专业导师的数量以及他们在WorkReadyGrad环境中的参与质量来衡量。衡量长期成功的标准是中学后教育的入学率和完成率，以及中学后教育机构安排工作的数量和质量。预计短期影响的时间范围约为3-12个月，长期影响的时间范围约为2-10年。