Overview:
A job in the skilled technical workforce (STW) is one that is open to an individual without a bachelor’s degree who has a high level of knowledge in a technical domain. The United States needs a STW to foster innovation and remain competitive in the global economy, but projections estimate 3.4 million unfilled STW jobs by 2022. This project explores ways to fill the data deficit on the STW by evaluating the fitness-for-use of the Burning Glass Technologies job-ad data for describing the employer demand for STW jobs.
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Fellows:
Sarah McDonald
Marymount University, Economics and Mathematics
Interns:
Gina Fendley
Marymount University, Economics and Philosophy
Ian MacLeod
The University of Mary Washington, Computer Science
Mentors:
Vicki Lancaster
Principal Scientist, Biocomplexity Institute, University of Virginia
J Bayoán Santiago Calderón
Postdoctoral Associate, Biocomplexity Institute, University of Virginia
Stakeholder:
Gigi Jones
Project Officer, Skilled Technical Workforce and National Training, Education, and Workforce Survey, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES)