100 million Americans over two-thirds of the workforce today in America need

re-skilling or upskilling in the next decade in order to be relevant,

employable, and be able to survive in the economy of the next decade. The

problem is those folks don't know how to find what school or program they ought

to go back to, let alone what they ought to study. The summer was really hard.

C.H. J.R.O.'s were saying, sorry we're trying to keep our employees alive at

work, we can't talk about upskilling and education. Over the last year it's

really come roaring back. It's the acceleration of so many of the trends around

future work. Around I think an increased awareness amongst the Fortune 500

that they have an obligation to take care of their employees. We've had a

tremendous amount of work saying okay how do you actually invest in populations

that are underrepresented. We found with one of our partners that their

black employees who are using a learning and upskilling program are being

promoted at 2x the rate. For frontline workers we know that the number one

thing that can unlock economic opportunity for Americans right now is

education and upskilling and it turns out Americans know that too.

That's Rachel Carlson, co-founder and CEO of Guild Education, a digital

platform that enables frontline workers to get degrees and certifications as a

free employee benefit. I'm Bob Safian, former editor of Fast Company founder of

the Flux Group and host of Masters of Scale Rapid Response. I wanted to talk to

Rachel because while remote schooling disappointed many parents and

students during the pandemic, virtual education for adults has caught on like

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