Expanding the Workforce Pipeline
A skilled workforce is essential to the success of Fort Meade agencies and area companies. The FMA engages in targeted, sustained and impactful efforts to expand the talent pipeline and build that workforce.
Career Discovery
Exploring careers can be intimidating because there are so many options. Therefore, the best thing we can do developmentally for our K-12 students is to expose them to the possibilities and opportunities. The more opportunities, the more students learn.
Programs Include:
TechMania
Project SCOPE
Career Chats
STEM Family Night
Career Exploration
Individuals learn through experience. Career Exploration programs allow for people to gain experience exploring different types of careers through a process of experiential learning.
Programs Include:
STEMOVATION
Teacher Externships
STEM Core
Meade Cyber Lab
Career Upskilling
As we address issues and barriers in expanding the talent pipeline, we cannot forget to place emphasis on our current workforce and upskilling. We additionally must also prioritize our transitioning military members who bring a wealth of knowledge and experience into the workforce but need help translating their experience to the civilian sector.
PROGRAMS INCLUDE:
FMA Academy
Top Five Challenges to Acquiring IT Talent
Five key challenges to expanding the cybersecurity/information technology workforces were identified after nearly a year of research.
