Is online education the solution to the skills gap? Academic & employment experts discuss how online degree programs & certifications can help the underemployed & employers who can't find skilled applicants.

1. Melissa Venable, PhD
Mark Anthony Dyson
Jessica Ayub, LPC
Can Online Learning Can
Close the Skills Gap?

2. The Underemployment
Crisis

3. Currently, only 46.4% of the population holds a “good job”
Source: Gallup
Gallup defines a good job as “30+ hours per week for an
employer who provides a regular paycheck.”

4. 46%
of all workers identify as
underemployed
43%
of college-educated
workers identify as
underemployed

5. of these workers
say that the reason
they are
underemployed is
because they are
not using their
education or
training
76%
Source: PayScale

6. Why?

8. Not enough
workers
graduate with
the skills
employers are
looking for.
Source: Washington Post

9. Source: Bloomberg
Recruiters
want:
strategic
thinking,
leadership,
and
creative
problem-
solving, but
consider
them rare.

10. There is
hope

11. The majority of
students enrolled in
online programs cite
career-related
motivation for
continuing their
education.
Source: The Learning House

12. This panel will share data about new trends
in online education and discuss how
educators and employers can use online
options to bridge the skills gap.

13. We will share examples of online learning
options that work for employees and
employers

14. We will share advice to help students make
smarter educational choices and avoid
mistakes that cost money and time.

15. Who Are We?
Melissa Venable
PhD in Instructional Technology
Job and Career Transition Coach
Online Adjunct Instructor, University of
South Florida and Saint Leo University
Mark Anthony Dyson
Host, "The Voice of Job Seekers" podcast
MA in Education/Specializing in Adult
Education and Training
Career consultant practitioner
Jessica Ayub
Licensed Professional Counselor
Career Services Director
MA in Counseling Psychology
Global Career Development Facilitator

16. Let’s get the
conversation
started!