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College Hiring Dips, But Most Employers Will Maintain or Increase Hiring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The research shows industries with large decreases in hiring this year include chemical (pharmaceutical) manufacturers, which planned a hiring increase of slightly more than 30% last year but expect to decrease hiring by almost 13% for the Class of 2024. this year compared to -4.6% last year), utilities (0.3% compared to -16.6%).

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Cal State Fullerton Gets $1.4M for Career Pathways Projects

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Pathways for Careers in Manufacturing and Engineering, a joint effort from Cal State Fullerton’s Extension and International Programs and the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has received $211,000 to spark community college students’, high schoolers’, and eventually, middle schoolers’ interest in the field of biomanufacturing.

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5 High-Paying Careers in Biotechnology

CAPD

In the context of biotechnology, you’ll be working with products such as pharmaceuticals, biofuels, food ingredients, and vitamins and supplements, among many others. Here, a clinical research manager will oversee clinical trials while testing the safety and efficacy of pharmaceutical treatments and medical devices.

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Breathing with double lungs: How higher education can thrive in a changing market

University Business

Starting in manufacturing sterile surgical dressings and home first aid kits, J&J now—through two significant acquisitions—has earned a competitive spot in the pharmaceutical industry. .” Johnson & Johnson is another example of a business that has thrived by utilizing its double lungs.

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Study Abroad Program Locations that Offer Economics Classes

AIFS Abroad

Additionally, Buenos Aires’ diverse economy, with strengths in sectors like agriculture and manufacturing, contributes to its significance in regional and global economic discussions and developments. Prague’s economic strengths lie in many sectors, but a few that stand out are technology, manufacturing, and tourism.

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Workplace Learning: A Follow-up

eLiterate

L&D for manufacturing line workers is very different than L&D for pharmaceutical chemists. Lost in a haze of corporate New Age-ism, the cultists seem to forget that the two key words in Design Thinking are “design” and “thinking.” ” There are also nuances by industry and even department.