Expanding the Talent Pipeline Through High School Mentoring: ACE Mentor Program & STEM Premier Collaborate
The U.S. is suffering a big shortage of new talent in STEM careers. And running parallel to this shortage is a talent pipeline shortage in the design, architecture and construction industries. Research study after research study report companies struggling to find recent graduates with the appropriate skills for their open positions. Officeinsight has chronicled the talent issue in its pages by reporting on research from furniture manufacturers, interiors firms, and organizations such as the National Council of Architectural Registration Board (NCARB). And in the construction and general contracting field, related professions will see a shortage of 800,000 workers in the coming years, according to the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). If we don’t resolve the talent issue, we should be prepared to feel a negative impact in everything from client and employee satisfaction down to general public views of our industries. But, there are things we can do to …
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