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A recent analysis by Opportunity@Work and Accenture found that 70 million-plus workers in the USA are systematically overlooked by employers due to race and educational hurdles. Roughly 30 million of these individuals, who are skilled through alternative routes, already possess the skills for significantly higher-wage work but have never been given the chance to pursue those careers.
Our education and workforce system is still set up to screen out anyone who doesn’t fit the image of a job-ready, traditionally-educated worker, which means predominantly women and people of color. In short, employers’ reliance on the college degree is leading them to overlook millions of people with the skills to get the job done.
Employers can contribute to a more equitable recovery by rethinking the way they find, recruit, and recognize talent by removing unnecessary degree requirements in favor of skills-based hiring. We must open doors, not close them, to the millions of those who lack a degree but are ready for work.
Read the full story via CNBC.
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Katia Lang and Karina Vazirova are the founders of FemTech Lab, Europe’s first FemTech accelerator that helps rising stars of FemTech take their products to market and raise funding. Read more about Katia and Karina in the interview on our blog!
FemTech Lab is the first independent FemTech accelerator, headquartered in London, UK. It’s designed to provide tailored support to each participating startup, following their aims and objectives in terms of Funding, Market Entry, and Product design. Another unique feature of FemTech Lab is its state-of-the-art Mental Wellbeing module for founders. The program runs 2 times a year with the next cohort starting in February 2021, applications closing 20th of January.
📌 Our member Zoe Mandich is an experienced senior business leader with 25+ years of experience in creating and delivering strategic, roadmap, innovative propositions, and customer insight. She is looking to work with startups and SMEs who need help with the product roadmap and go to market strategies, market segmentation, and new launch propositions. Get in touch via email!
Industry news, and updates 💻🌎📆
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U.K.-based health tech company Bioniq raises $7.8 million Series A round
How tech is reinventing healthcare
Forecast: Health Care In 2021 Will Focus On ‘Digitization Of The Patient Experience’
Hospitals without walls: the future of healthcare
Calculations Show It'll Be Impossible to Control a Super-Intelligent AI
One, two, tree: how AI helped find millions of trees in the Sahara
Redefining sustainability for 2021: The new priorities
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