How Can Hawaii Get Students Interested In Local STEM Jobs? Start Them Early … Business and educational leaders are joining forces in a program aimed at stopping the brain drain by getting kids interested in science and technology industries.
Hawaii is hardly known for its science and technology sectors, but business and educational leaders are trying to change that with a program meant to keep local talent at home by getting students thinking early about how to prepare for jobs in those industries.
The idea is to go deeper than standard workforce training that matches college and technical school classes to job descriptions for in-demand fields. That means working closely with industry to understand the range of skills workers will need.
“I think some of it is just opening people’s eyes that these opportunities exist,” said Keala Peters, executive director of the Chamber of Commerce Hawaii’s “Sector Partnerships,” as the program is known.
