the stem talent gap

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THE STEM TALENT GAP STEM workers in the U.S. are a part of an increasingly global economy of innovation. This new reality is fueling demand both in traditional STEM occupations and throughout other sectors across the economy that demand similar competencies. Couple this with the underrepresentation of growing worker populations and defection of STEM- capable workers into other careers and we are left with a significant talent gap that shows no signs of letting up. THE NUMBER OF STEM BACHELOR DEGREES AWARDED IN THE U.S. HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY FLAT FOR THE PAST 15-20 YEARS. Change in degrees awarded 2008/09 compared to 2001/02 GLOBAL STEM CONCENTRATIONS AS A PERCENTAGE OF EMPLOYMENT, THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES HAVE THE HIGHEST SHARE OF HUMAN RESOURCES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (HRST): EVEN THOUGH STEM CAREERS IN THE U.S. OFFER JOB SECURITY AND HIGH EARNINGS GRADUATES ARE DEFECTING FROM STEM JOBS DEMAND FOR STEM PROFESSIONALS IS EXPECTED TO ADD MORE THAN ONE MILLION NEW STEM JOBS TO THE U.S. WORKFORCE POPULATION SHIFTS IN THE U.S. ARE TRANSLATING INTO MORE WOMEN AND MINORITIES ENTERING THE WORKFORCE, HOWEVER THESE GROWING WORKER POPULATIONS ARE SEVERELY UNDERREPRESENTED IN STEM FIELDS Only half as many non-Hispanic Black or Hispanic workers have STEM jobs relative to their overall representation in the U.S. workforce OF STEM UNDER- GRADUATES WORK IN STEM JOBS OF MEN WITH STEM DEGREES WORK IN STEM JOBS OF WOMEN WITH STEM DEGREES WORK IN STEM JOBS 26% 33% 40% 75% men Women fill close to half of all jobs in the US, but they hold less than 25% of STEM jobs 2020 2010 16.8% STEM JOBS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS TOP 11 STEM OPPORTUNITY MARKETS IN ADDITION TO HAVING STRONG CONCENTRATIONS AND LARGE VOLUMES OF STEM JOBS, THE FOLLOWING METRO AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE HIGHER RELATIVE STEM GROWTH RATES IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS: 1. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 2. Baltimore-Towson, MD 3. Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 5. Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 6. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 7. San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 8. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 9. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 10. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 11. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 32% 46% 19% -14% ENGINEERING BUSINESS VISUAL PERFORMING ARTS COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES STEM WORKERS ARE TURNING TO FREE AGENCY: BETWEEN 2009 – 2011, THE GROWTH OF SELF-EMPLOYED STEM WORKERS IN THE U.S. WAS NEARLY TWICE THE RATE OF GROWTH FOR ALL SELF-EMPLOYED WORKERS LUXEMBOURG SWEDEN DENMARK SWITZERLAND NORWAY THE U.S. (RANKED 12 TH ) 21.8% TECHNOLOGY (IT/COMPUTER) JOBS 16.6% MATHEMATICS JOBS 15.2% SCIENCE JOBS 10.3% ARCHITECTURE & ENGINEERING JOBS

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Page 1: The STEM Talent Gap

the SteM talent gapSTEM workers in the U.S. are a part of an increasingly global economy of innovation. This new reality is fueling demand both in traditional STEM occupations and throughout other sectors across the economy that demand similar competencies. Couple this with the underrepresentation of growing worker populations and defection of STEM-capable workers into other careers and we are left with a significant talent gap that shows no signs of letting up.

the nuMber of SteM bachelor degreeS awarded in the u.S. haS reMained relatively flat for the paSt 15-20 yearS.

change in degrees awarded 2008/09 compared to 2001/02

global SteM concentrationS aS a percentage of eMployMent, the following countrieS have the higheSt Share of huMan reSourceS in Science and technology (hrSt):

even though SteM careerS in the u.S. offer job Security and high earningS graduateS are defecting froM SteM jobS

deMand for SteM profeSSionalS iS expected to add More than one Million new SteM jobS to the u.S. workforce

population ShiftS in the u.S. are tranSlating into More woMen and MinoritieS entering the workforce, however theSe growing worker populationS are Severely underrepreSented in SteM fieldS

only half as many non-hispanic black or hispanic workers have SteM jobs relative to their overall representation in the u.S. workforce

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of Men with SteM degreeS work in

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women fill close to half of all jobs in the uS, but they hold less than 25% of SteM jobs

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top 11 SteM opportunity MarketS

in addition to having Strong concentrationS and large voluMeS of SteM jobS, the following Metro areaS are expected to experience higher relative SteM growth rateS in the next five yearS:

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