YouScience helps students and job seekers find a meaningful career pathway where they can excel, based on their own strengths. YouScience uses online brain games to match what students do well (aptitudes) and what they like to do (interests) with in-demand careers for which they have a competitive advantage.
With just under 10,000 students completing the assessment, the data available about Northern Kentucky’s potential future workforce is clearer than ever, as is the need for exposing students to a wider variety of career opportunities. By introducing students to career paths that match their aptitude, we can better match future job seekers with employers. GROW NKY, and its partners understand the future implications this type of data could have for employers and their future workforce pipelines. In support of Northern Kentucky Cooperative Educational Services (NKCES) and Navigo, which have helped local schools make use of the YouScience platform, paid for reporting and compiled data, GROW NKY partners are excited to share this exciting new perspective with educators, employers, and the community.
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We hope you found the presentation as exciting and informative as we did. This work wouldn’t be possible without the willingness of partners to support this new and innovative approach to workforce development. We want to thank OneNKY, INTERAlliance, The Health Collaborative, Supply Chain OKI, Greater Cincinnati STEM/Advanced Manufacturing Industry Partnership (AMIP) and Duke Energy for their support and the Northern Kentucky Cooperative Educational Services (NKCES), Navigo/Learning Grove and the GROW NKY College & Career Readiness committee for their leadership and guidance during the rollout of YouScience.
We want to thank our speakers for breaking down the data and providing insight into how the data can shape our future workforce pipeline.
- Tara Johnson-Noem
Associate Director for Workforce Development, NKADD/ Director, NKWIB
GROW NKY Steering Committee Member
Tara.Noem@nkadd.org - Rhonda Whitaker Hurtt
Vice President, Community Relations & Economic Development, Duke Energy Ohio & Kentucky
GROW NKY Steering Committee Member
Rhonda.WhitakerHurtt@duke-energy.com - Jennie LaMothe
Director of School-Based Services, Navigo, a program of Learning Grove
jlamothe@learning-grove.org - Chad Molley
Superintendent, Erlanger-Elsmere Schools
GROW NKY Pillar 2 Lead
GROW NKY Steering Committee Member
chad.molley@erlanger.kyschools.us - Kimberly Rossetti
Vice President of Economic Development, Northern Kentucky Tri-County Economic Development Corporation
GROW NKY Steering Committee Member
ksr@northernkentuckyusa.com - Lois Post, BSN, RN
Manager Health Career Programs, Organizational Development and Education
St. Elizabeth
lois.post@stelizabeth.com - Lorraine O’Moore – MyCareer E3
NKY College and Career Connector, Navigo, a program of Learning Grove
lomoore@learning-grove.org
If you have any questions about the information shared during the town hall, please contact the presenter directly. Their contact information is provided above.
If you want more information or have questions about workforce development in Northern Kentucky, please contact Tara Johnson-Noem, tara.noem@nkadd.org or Katie Jo Kirkpatrick,katiejo.kirkpatrick@nkadd.org.