Employment and apprenticeship expert Nicholas Wyman is changing the conversation about what a successful career looks like.
Mr Wyman, CEO of the Institute for Workplace Skills and Innovation and author of Job U, will attend the upcoming Connect EXPO, one of Australia’s fasted growing business technology events, to discuss the topic of “People without jobs and jobs without people: bridging the skills gap”.
He will explain that despite the number of unemployed Australians, there are industries throughout the country which are struggling to find skilled people to fill well-paying jobs.
Mr Wyman will talk through some of the solutions and show individuals and industries how to find one another. “Too many people cling to a narrow definition of success. They are not open to education alternatives to university that could better lead them to a successful career,” he says.
“It’s time to throw out educational models that no longer work,” he says, “vocational education and training is experiencing a resurgence, and can offer people the practical skills they need to nab their dream job.”
Later on in the day he will join a panel discussion to talk on the topic of: “STEM & Global Connectedness: Bridging the gap between education and employment”. He will then moderate a roundtable on the topic of “Working together to bridge the skills gap”.
The event is running from 19 – 20 April 2016 and will be held at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre.
Nicholas Wyman is a speaker and expert on applying real-world solutions to the challenges companies face in finding skilled employees. He is CEO of the Institute for Workplace Skills and Innovation, which develops mentoring programs for corporations and places people in apprenticeship and training programs globally. He has an MBA and has studied at Harvard Business School and the Kennedy School of Government. 
