| 31 May 2016 | Karen McNamara MP acknowledges the work of Nicholas Wyman and Skilling Australia Foundation in bringing P-TECH to Australia. She is joined by Australia’s Education Minister who together with the Prime Minister, announced an expansion to the program to 14 schools.
Nicholas Wyman Talks Non-Traditional #Pathways to Career Development in a Tough Labour Market
by Nicholas Wyman | Australian Career Practitioner | Volume 27 | Issue 2 | Winter 2016 | Australia is abundant in natural resources (iron ore, coal, diamonds, gold, oil), indeed it is ‘the lucky country.’ However, while Australia has enjoyed a growing economy and relatively low unemployment for the past 20 years, a few years […]
Nicholas Wyman speaks with Richard Aedy at the ABC Radio National about skills and P-TECH
There is a labour market mismatch taking place on a global scale. In Australia unemployment sits around 800,000 people, yet at any given time there are about 150,000 jobs that remain unfilled. Employment expert, Nicholas Wyman sums up the situation as “people without jobs and jobs without people”. Listen to the interview here:
Careers the Concern Of New Book #Jobubook #apprenticeship
COMPANIES often struggle to find employees with the skills they need, even among university graduates. Job U, the new book by Institute for Workplace Skills and Innovation chief executive Nicholas Wyman, aims to change the conversation in Australia about the best path to a rewarding and prosperous career. Today almost 800,000 Australians, many with university […]
Set Course For Better Career #NicholasWyman #VocationalEducation
Weekend Australian, Australia. 02 Apr 2016, by Verity Edwards. Vocational education can help you keep your job or find a much better one Workforce skills expert Nicholas Wyman stresses the importance of continuing education, particularly for people who want to move onwards and upwards or who are considering a career change. Wyman, chief executive of […]
Game Set and Match – A #Skills Mismatch
1st February 2016 Australia’s so-called skills gap is, in fact, a skills mismatch, and fixing it requires a revised curriculum that links people to the right jobs. Nicholas Wymaninterviewed by James Wells Rhetoric around youth unemployment must change, an expert has argued. Download PDF
@Nicholas_Wyman to talk #STEM, #skills gap at upcoming @ConnectAU conference
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 […]
Skills to suit multiple #career opportunities
| Mining Chronicle | March 2016 | In the face of being let go from a company, it can be less difficult for a person to jump into another job like the one they had, in fear of not being able to pay the bills. However, if Nicholas Wyman’s advice is anything to go by, […]
@nicholas_wyman talks #relevant education and #apprenticeship with @StevePriceMedia on #2GB
Radio 2GB with Steve Price | 2 March 2016 | Steve Price, Danny Bielik and 2016 Fulbright recipient, CEO and Author – Nicholas Wyman – discuss the growing disconnect between qualified graduates and available jobs in the Australian Economy and how we can best encourage our children towards a career that they will bring […]
@nicholas_wyman talks #jobs and skills# employers are looking for on #TODAY EXTRA @Channel9
| Workforce development and skills expert Nicholas Wyman tells TODAY EXTRA hosts, Sonia Kruger and David Campbell, that you don’t need a university degree to be successful. Big employers are moving further away from hiring university graduates, believing they don’t have the real world skills to do the job. Mr Wyman said the focus needs […]
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. 
