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Young women in the Jumpstart Fellowship Program participate in hands-on learning at internships, helping them cultivate in-demand technology skills. (Image courtesy of MassRobotics)

Workforce of the Future

Can women solve the skills gap in robotics?

Joyce Sidopoulos thinks so. She helped found the Jumpstart Fellowship Program at MassRobotics to provide young women with a pathway to the robotics industry.

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As Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes more prominent, the ethical dilemmas that engineers face become more complex. A few universities are working to address the challenge by offering more ethics-in-engineering courses.(© Adobe Stock)

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Finding an ethical balance

Better training in engineering ethics could improve the safety of technology

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Fostering inclusivity to close the gender gap

Women’s initiative networks are helping firms to attract and retain a more diverse and inclusive workforce

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Innovating internships

Virtual learning is enriching students' on-the-job experiences

(SEFI) has created 15 special interest groups on specific topics in engineering education, enabling people to come together and collaborate on challenges that interest them. (Image
© SEFI)

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Advancing engineers

Engineering education evolves to prepare students for the modern workplace

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Braid your business

Coordinating a purpose-driven organization improves performance

Students who graduate from accredited engineering programs are better prepared for the workplace because they are taught to look for innovative ways to develop solutions and solve challenges. (Image © Adobe Stock)

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Ready to work

Accreditation's new focus on real-world experience makes engineering graduates more employable

Employers meet with prospective future workers at the 2018 Euronaval exhibition. The Navire des Métiers is a new, special area at the exhibition
for meetings between students, professionals and Euronaval partner institutions and is focused on promoting jobs in the naval industry in France.
(Image © Campus des Industries Navales)

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Working together

Employers and educators team up to alleviate shortage of middle-skill workers

Landon Taylor, CEO, Base 11 (Image © Madison Shockley)

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Landon Taylor

Base 11 increases diversity in the STEM talent pipeline

As massive numbers of their workers approach retirement age, utility companies are under tremendous pressure to attract young, tech-savvy workers to join their teams. (Image © Getty Images)

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Utilities’ talent search

Rethinking the approach to human resources to attract and retain talent

When teaching institutions partner with business leaders to develop courses and degree programs, students graduate with marketable knowledge and skills and companies can hire the talented workforce they need to thrive. (Image © Monty Rakusen / Getty Images)

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Future-ready workers

Six steps for finding the skills companies need in fast-changing markets

UMass Lowell’s Francis College of Engineering in Massachusetts runs projects with 25 companies each year, creating valuable
preparation for students entering the workforce. (Image © UMass Lowell)

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Workforce partners

Industry and academia team up to close the skills gap

M&O companies must increasingly focus attention on capturing and transmitting knowledge and
know-how from retiring workers to a new generation of recruits. (Image © damircudic / Getty Images)

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In with the new

Technology helps shipyards capture retirees' expertise and attract digitally savvy workers

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Workforce of the future

Platforms help employers meet workers’ need for lifelong learning

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