Byron Auguste
@byron_auguste
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Hands-on economist. 📊📈 CEO & Co-founder, @OpptyAtWork. Former Deputy Director, @WhiteHouse NEC 2013-15. Co-founder, @HopeStreetGroup. https://t.co/ViRTZ1u2oN
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Joined March 2015
I often hear from STARs*: “I have the skills to do the job, but employers won’t even consider me - all because of a piece of paper.” It's time to “Tear the Paper Ceiling” and see the 70+ million Americans *Skilled Through Alternative Routes. Learn more - https://t.co/hGtlfsvHDa
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Nice!
I have just launched a substack - where I’ll be writing about culture, art, politics, and everything in between. I hope you’ll join me! https://t.co/n8u6mi47aS
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“Skills-based hiring is certainly about understanding and adapting to a mindset that allows organizations to really think about skills being the denominator of talent in their organizations.” Hear more from Papia Debroy of Opportunity@Work: https://t.co/CAOfcJFQ8x
#WDAYPodcasts
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Skills-based hiring opens career pathways, removing academic barriers for overlooked talent in public sector jobs.
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In the past year, our friends have spotted #TearThePaperCeiling on billboards, bus stops, benches, newspapers, and TV around their neighborhoods in San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Oakland, and more! Take a look ⤵
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DELIGHTED to announce we’re part of a new LinkedIn Learning skills-first course with @LinkedIn, @jfftweets, @gradsoflife, @united, and more! Learn how to #HireSTARs and #tearthepaperceiling by making skills-first hiring a deliberate part of your talent management strategies.
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#TearThePaperCeiling has appeared 4.4 BILLION times on billboards, TV screens, newspapers, radio stations, web banners, social media posts, and more since we launched this campaign with Ad Council and dozens of corporate and nonprofit partners last year!
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Keith Parrish, a Data Analyst at Google, proves that college isn't the only path to success. After realizing it wasn't the right fit for him, he pursued alternative routes and discovered his passion for data analytics.
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STARs / Article
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Beth Cobert, acting president of @MarkleFdn, highlights the growing understanding of skills-based talent practices. However, there is a need for individuals who can turn this concept into a reality. More about her insights:
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ADP payroll survey finds that private sector employment increased by 497,000 jobs (!) in June, and annual pay was up 6.4 percent year-over-year. ADP not always a great predictor of BLS payrolls. But we'll see what happens tomorrow...
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Proud to be quoted in VC Journal's "Women Influencing the Future of Venture Capital" issue alongside voices I respect. Thank you @DavidBogoslaw. | @trailmixvc @global_transact
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“Degrees have their place, but we can stretch our imagination to get around that barrier,” says Colin Galloway, Operations and Manufacturing Competency Management Advisor at @Chevron, a #TearThePaperCeiling Champion Partner. https://t.co/rCVG7khZth
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Chevron was named one of the Top 50 Companies in the U.S. for people without a degree. Here’s why.
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Why #HireSTARs, workers Skilled Through Alternative Routes? Emmeca Strother, an IT systems admin. at @OpptyatWork and a STAR, can reel off reason after reason, and does so here for #WorkingNationOverheard at #JFFHorizons: https://t.co/ieUKARpeHM
@JFFtweets #TearThePaperCeiling
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"We can think two thoughts at once". In fact, we *must* practice thinking 2 thoughts at once, if we hope to repair our relationships, social fabric, and economy. None of us can "know" the experience of all others - but we can care, we can listen, we can learn. cc:
"Doing more for boys & men doesn't mean doing any less for women & girls. That’s the kind of zero-sum thinking that is doing so much damage to our politics & to our culture. We can think two thoughts at once. We can do two things at once." My @TEDTalks:
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"Doing more for boys & men doesn't mean doing any less for women & girls. That’s the kind of zero-sum thinking that is doing so much damage to our politics & to our culture. We can think two thoughts at once. We can do two things at once." My @TEDTalks:
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settling in for a bit of the @GBRSHRM webinar on “Skill-Based Hiring and STARs” with @byron_auguste of @OpptyAtWork (LUV what they do!) and @thekennynguyen of @threesixtyeight
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This morning, Senior VP of Insights @DebroyPapia Debroy gave powerful testimony to the Congressional @EdWorkforceCmte on the importance of #skillsbasedhiring and creating more opportunities for STARs to #tearthepaperceiling and truly shine.
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Thanks for your leadership!
I recently spoke with @william_r_kerr on the @HarvardHBS #ManagingTheFutureofWork podcast about why smart companies and 13 states (and counting) are committing to skills-based hiring and tearing the paper ceiling to tap into the STARs talent pool. STARs = the 50% of U.S.
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I recently spoke with @william_r_kerr on the @HarvardHBS #ManagingTheFutureofWork podcast about why smart companies and 13 states (and counting) are committing to skills-based hiring and tearing the paper ceiling to tap into the STARs talent pool. STARs = the 50% of U.S.
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EP 663 A College Degree No Longer Required for Many Job Types https://t.co/WTWt5xYGlj via @trendspodcast
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For a wide-ranging discussion of #skillsbasedhiring, listen to my conversation with @OpptyAtWorkCEO and CoFounder, @byron_auguste on the latest #ManagingTheFutureOfWork. https://t.co/3NHsP0s61v
#UpwardMobility #DEI #SkillsGap #HiddenWorkers
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Will #AI create or eliminate jobs for the 2/3 of U.S. adults without a college degree? #DegreeInflation may be waning. On #ManagingTheFutureOfWork with @william_r_kerr, @OpptyAtWork’s @byron_auguste explains why that’s good for workers and employers: https://t.co/CtMd7D7xEg
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