At the same time Brock University helps prepare graduates to be contributors to the Canadian economy, it is also conducting research that examines what employers are looking for in their new hires.<\/p>\n
A new policy brief set to be released by Brock\u2019s Niagara Community Observatory sheds light on Niagara employers\u2019 expectations of young job seekers.<\/p>\n
The brief \u2014 \u201cIs there a skills gap? Understanding what Niagara employers are looking for in recent graduates\u201d \u2014<\/em> will be released Tuesday, Feb. 28 in a discussion at Brock. The document addresses questions such as how important soft skills and technical expertise are and if there\u2019s a skills gap related to young workers in Niagara.<\/p>\n \u201cThis policy brief was based on a study that involved in-depth interviews with a wide variety of Niagara employers,\u201d says Brock researcher and brief author Kate Cassidy.<\/p>\n \u201cWe wanted to get a deep understanding of their perception of what it means to be career-ready today and if they see a gap in the skills and credentials young people are bringing to the workforce.<\/p>\n \u201cThe goal of this project was to help identify what, if anything, is needed to improve the career-preparation of young people and what stakeholders are in the best position to be part of this process,\u201d says Cassidy, who is also director of Brock\u2019s Youth University.<\/p>\n Cassidy will be among those at a presentation and discussion of this research, co-sponsored by Youth University and the Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n What:<\/strong> \u201cMind the Gap\u201d panel discussion on the research brief, \u201cIs there a skills gap? Understanding what Niagara employers are looking for in recent graduates\u201d At the same time Brock University helps prepare graduates to be contributors to the Canadian economy, it is also conducting research that examines what employers are looking for in their new hires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":11877,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,4,5],"tags":[651,63,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43728"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43728"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43729,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43728\/revisions\/43729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/em>When: <\/strong>Tuesday, Feb. 28, 9 – 11 a.m.
\nWhere:<\/strong> Pond Inlet, Brock University
\nWho:<\/strong> Kate Cassidy, director, Community Learning and Youth University at Brock University and author of the research brief. Panelists include: Mario De Divitiis, CEO of Niagara Workforce Planning Board, and Rachel Crane, chair of NEXTNiagara.
\nWHY:<\/strong> to help young job seekers, employers, educators, families, the community and others address the \u201cskills gap\u201d common in today\u2019s job market<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"