Year Up Program Gives Edge to Participants, Employers
Science Applications International Corp. is leveraging a program designed to give opportunities to underserved young adults and supply employer partners with entry level, middle-skilled talent. Year Up is a national nonprofit with programs at many top companies, including SAIC. Participants complete six months of learning and development followed by a six-month internship. “We have been very
Learning about Leadership at WashingtonExec
“If I asked you to do one thing and you’d get half a million dollars—and by the way, it’s legal and your parents would be proud of you—would you do it?” Ed Swallow asked a room full of students and parents at WashingtonExec’s Education and Leadership event last week. “This isn’t a trick question.” Most of
6 Steps to Success: Elevator-Pitch Style Advice for the Next-Gen Workforce
“Act like you know what you’re doing; ask questions like you don’t.” That was just one pearl of wisdom Ed Swallow, vice president at The Aerospace Corp., shared with 60 students and parents at WashingtonExec’s “Careers In STEM” workshop on Monday. Here are some other invaluable advice for those early in their careers: Know Your
2016 K-12 STEM Symposium Video: Keynote Address by Dr. Evan Glazer
Dr. Evan Glazer, the principal of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, was the keynote speaker at the 2016 K-12 STEM Symposium. Pooja Chandrashekar, now a Harvard student, introduced Glazer, her former principal. Pooja is the founder of the national nonprofit ProjectCSGIRLS, which works to close the tech gender gap. She emphasized that Glazer
WashingtonExec Announces Inaugural STEM Symposium; Set for March 8
The number of students expected to matriculate into the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) workforce has decreased steadily during past years, with only 17 percent of high school students in 2011 demonstrating both an interest and proficiency in the skill-set, according to a 2011 U.S. Education Department study. The statistic is particularly disconcerting because
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