This is an exciting time to be preparing students for their post-college careers, but also a challenging one. The energy sector is in the midst of a historic transformation. Retail has become multifaceted and needs wide-ranging skills. Health care has withstood tremendous pressure from the Covid-19 pandemic which also spurred new life-science enterprises.
Now, more than ever, colleges need to work with employers in evolving sectors to understand their needs and the skills they're looking for in job applicants.
In
Building Tomorrow's Work Force,
The Chronicle talked to experts in seven growing sectors of the work force to ask what they’re looking for in employees, what they’re seeing among job applicants, and whether colleges can do more to prepare their graduates for those jobs.
