1. Brief Update from AGI Workforce
Christopher M. Keane 10 December 2017

2. Most current enrollment data though 2016
Most current enrollment data though Seeing the decline in throughput of the shale gas driven students.

3. View of Select Industries Employment Trends
Oil and Gas
Geology
Geophysics
Mining Yeah for EVs
Environmental Consulting Trump & regulations!
Government

4. Emerging Concerns FTE gap remains, its how its being filled!
GoldX Prize winners a lesson and warning
Beware (embrace?) machine learning….
10 full sessions at AGU this year
4 sessions in 2016
1 session in 2015
Higher math, computing, and strong analytics are survival keys

5. Reality of Career Development
Path
Formal Education
Professional Employment
Professionalism – Ethics, Business, etc.
Licensure and Regulatory Awareness
Applied
Skills
Not often found in formal education programs

6. Result of the skills gap
Unemployment of graduate
Underemployment of graduate into “middle skill” area
Usually leads to unemployment in less than 5 years
See McKinsey Global Institute, 2017
Open jobs and unqualified workers
Beginning to see this widely

7. What is GOLI What is Geoscience Online Learning Initiative?
Intersociety collaboration with AGI providing a platform
Method to enable better access to professional learning opportunities
Establish a sustainable model for the geosciences
Targeted outcomes
Strengthen life-long learning culture in the geosciences
Bring life-long learning into the formal education area
Provide co-curricular/integrate methods into formal courses