Field Talk - Against Urban Issues
NPower_Launching Tech Careers (Episode 2 of 2)
Dr Bryant Speaks to Executive Director of the CA location of NPower, Chris Sterling (Col, Ret). NPower creates pathways to economic prosperity by launching digital careers for military veterans and young adults from underserved communities. In today’s economy, over 50% of all jobs require some degree of technology and digital skill, and this is expected to grow to 77% by 2020 in the U.S. Yet the job market is not keeping pace. Of the nearly 6 million jobs expected to require tech skills in the future, labor statistics project a candidate pool of only 3.2 million.