| 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, […]
Pushy parents impact on jobs
| Kylie Adoranti | Parramatta Advertiser | 17 Feb 2016 Parents should let their children decide on what career path they want to take rather than expecting too much from them, a workforce development and skills expert says. WPC Group and Institute for Workplace Skills and Innovation chief executive Nicholas Wyman said young people were […]
Opinion: Tackling Australia’s skills gap
November 2015 Nicholas Wyman explains how apprenticeship or training programs can help reduce your organisation’s skills shortages. Is your company struggling to recruit skilled workers? Are promising projects sitting on the shelf for lack of able hands? Leaders in many industries think so. The Australian Institute of Company Directors’ April Director Sentiment Index found that […]
Closing the ITC skills gap
November 2015 We have a real opportunity to look at secondary education differently in Australia. Secondary education is working for many Australian students, but a sizeable percentage is not being equipped for the workplace. We see the evidence in the high rate of youth unemployment among 15-19-year-olds, which is 24 per cent nationwide and about […]
New P-TECH school focused on future jobs
December 23, 2015 The economic strength of Asia and the growing integration of a global economy present many opportunities for Australia and the Geelong region. Emerging sectors ripe with new opportunities include advanced manufacturing, technology, cyber security and medical technology to name a few. For our local businesses to compete, they will need a highly […]
Tackling Australias Skills Gap
| Australian Institute of Company Directors Magazine | http://www.skillsresearch.com/images/pdf/TacklingAustraliasSkillsGap-CompanyDirector.pdf
Closing the Skills Gap: Advice for Parents, Educators and Business
| Coke Journey Magazine | http://www.skillsresearch.com/images/pdf/closinggap.pdf
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. 
