STEAM Denver

Best Jobs for Future Workforce, ‘STEAM,’ and this not-to-be missed event

There have been many conversations surrounding what the future of our workforce looks like and the gaps in our current labor market. In March, there were over 1 million more job openings than unemployed workers. Since 2009, more than 800,000 STEM jobs have been added to the U.S. economy and according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, between 2012 and 2022 there will be another 1 million open STEM-related jobs added to the U.S. economy. This is a 13% rate of growth, faster than the 11% rate of growth projected for all occupations. Over the last few years, the push for STEM has included a push for the arts and humanities as well, creating STEAM. Studies show that students who have access to an education filled with arts, are not only more apt towards creativity and design-thinking, two impo...