Building a Business
How to Hire a Generation Without College Degrees
More high-schoolers are planning to enter the workforce without college diplomas. Here's how you can hire them and lay a pathway for their success.
Jeff Mazur is the executive director for LaunchCode, a nonprofit aiming to fill the gap in tech talent by matching companies with trained individuals. Mazur lives in St. Louis with his wife and twin girls.
Want to write for Entrepreneur too?
Apply to join Entrepreneur Leadership network.
More From Jeff Mazur
Business News
Why the Great Resignation Just Gave Your Small Business a Big Boost
Four techniques for creatively attracting and recruiting today's career-changers
Tech
Can’t Find Tech Talent? 3 Ways to Source It From Within.
If you're having trouble snagging talented information technology workers, you should look around -- your next tech leaders may be hiding in your office
Thought Leaders
3 Strategies to Help Tech Startups Add Veterans to Their Workforces
Many veterans don't know what they're looking for in private-sector jobs, let alone long-term careers, and that's one area where startups can lend them additional support.
Human Resources
How Small-Business Leaders Can Recruit Like the World’s Top Companies
Prospective employees might not have prior experience, but they could certainly have potential.
Building a Business
Why You Need to Prioritize Upskilling Your Workforce
By 2022, more than half of all employees will need reskilling and upskilling.
Human Resources
How to Keep Up With Big Tech’s Hiring Spree
Apple, Facebook and Google are hiring quickly right now. Here's how you can compete for top talent.
Tech
We’ve Been Talking About the Tech Skills Gap for 10 Years. Why Hasn’t the Conversation Gotten Any More Productive?
There are tens of thousands of talented people who want to enter tech -- they simply haven't been given the chance to do so.
Tech
Even Silicon Valley Giants Struggle Keeping Tech Talent. Here’s How to Do Better.
Companies across the board should be doing more to retain these invaluable team players.
Business Funding
A Public-Private Partnership Could Be Key to Your Startup’s Survival
Funding from public-private partnerships is there for the taking -- but it often focuses on startup launches rather than startup sustainability.
Building a Business
Don’t Let These 3 Threats Kill Your Startup’s Mission in Its First 5 Years
The first five years can be brutal, but sticking to your mission -- the reason why you started -- is the way to go. Do that by avoiding these pitfalls.
Thought Leaders
You Might Be Overlooking One Unexpected Factor About Your Company’s Diversity: Location
If attracting diverse candidates is important to your company, you must be located in an area accessible by all parts of the population.
Human Resources
Talent Is Hard to Come by, But Only Because You’re Looking in the Same Old Places
Build a sustainable talent pipeline by focusing your hiring on expertise -- not a laundry list of only maybe-relevant qualifications.
