Overview:

This project focuses on exploring the career pathways of Army veterans, observed using Burning Glass Technologies resume data. The team explores modeling techniques including sequence analysis and tournament models to classify resume data into a typology of career trajectories, and identify factors associated with career mobility. Initial modeling efforts are focused on resumes in the Washington Metropolitan area.

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Fellows:

Madeline Pickens

Maddie Pickens

Georgetown University, Data Science for Public Policy
 
 
 
 

Interns:

Joanna Shroeder

Joanna Schroeder

William & Mary, Government
 
 
 
 

Crystal Zang

Crystal Zang

Smith College, Mathematics, Statistical & Data Science
 
 
 
 

Mentors:

Joshua Goldstein

Assistant Research Professor, Biocomplexity Institute, University of Virginia

Stakeholder:

Andy Slaughter, U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences