Episode 536: Close the skills gap, with Patty Alper.
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Patty Alper is author of \\u201cTeach to Work: How a Mentor, a Mentee, and a Project Can Close the Skills Gap in America.\\u201d Patty\\u2019s 35-year career as an entrepreneur and business executive, coupled with two decades of hands-on experience working with youth, helps her understand the growing skills gap from both perspectives: the employers who seek to build a pipeline and hire better prepared youth for 21st century jobs, and the youth who are often ill equipped or ill trained to enter the new workforce. Patty bridges the business and academic sectors uniquely with a proven mentorship formula, told through best practices, case studies, and heartwarming true tales of youth.
What you\\u2019ll learn about in this episode
- Where the skills gap exists and why it\\u2019s problematic
- How youth are not being prepared well enough to enter the 21st century job market
- What employers and corporations want educators to teach
- How Patty defines mentorship
- How the world is heading towards more service employment
- Why you shouldn\\u2019t be scared of mentorship but rather face it with a place of gratitude
- Why autonomy and having the ability to be creative matters
- Why Patty loves having and teaching the ability to plan
- How you can get more out of mentoring than you could possibly imagine
How to best connect with Patty:
- Website:\\xa0teachtowork.com