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Public Sector Solutions, Education, Workforce & Economic Mobility
A new campaign from Opportunity@Work and The Ad Council encourages companies to Tear the Paper Ceiling by hiring STARs, people Skilled Through Alternative Routes. At the launch event for this campaign in New York City, Sandra Salstrom, Social Finance’s Vice President of Government Relations, gave her thoughts on what it will take to break the paper ceiling.
There's a strong business case to be made for hiring STARs. Right now, there are 11 million job openings in the us economy, two workers for every job out there. People are not just looking for jobs, jobs are looking for people.Sandra Salstrom
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