By Nicholas Wyman Forbes Contributor. There was a time when kids had ample opportunities to experience the adult world of work. Farm family children pitched in whenever needed: they built fences, learned how to tend animals and fix broken tractors, and dozens of other handy skills. City kids worked part-time in hardware stores, grocery stores, […]
“World Class Training: Australia’s WPC Group Provides Training to Kentucky Registered Apprenticeship Team and Businesses” – Frankfort, KY
October 26, 2018—Frankfort, KY. Australia’s WPC Group is providing ongoing training to the Kentucky Registered Apprenticeship team and members of the Commonwealth’s business community. The WPC Group was established in 1982 for the purposes of advancing an apprenticeship training model. Since their establishment, they have placed nearly 12,000 apprentices in stable careers throughout Australia. The […]
‘Hiring Is On The Rise, But Are College Grads Prepared For The World Of Work?’ – Forbes, Online
By Nicholas Wyman, Forbes McGraw-Hill Education’s (MHE) survey on readying college graduates for the workforce is hot off the press. With the school year just around the corner, a new crop of graduates gearing up for their job search after summer break and a robust economy, this survey is timely. In fact, for the class […]
‘Don’t Be So Quick To Dismiss Service Jobs’ – Forbes, Online
Where are the jobs? Today, most are in the service sector. And that’s the forecast for tomorrow, too. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, service jobs will continue to outpace employment in all other sectors for the next quarter century. Let’s put some figures around that. Three service industries that will see an incredible […]
‘Fear Not The Job-Stealing Robots’- Forbes, Online
| June 13, 2018 | by Nicholas Wyman , Contributor | Let’s face it. You’re probably like most people. You’ve heard about workplace automation probably taking your job. But it won’t happen to you or maybe anyone you know, right? Much hot air is spent on the topic of workplace automation and its consequences for […]
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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. 
