Make Me Smart How can we build a more resilient labor market?
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Oct 30, 2025 Claire Casey, President of the AARP Foundation, advocates for older workers' economic participation. Sam Caucci, founder of OneHuddle, introduces gamified training for frontline workers. Margaret McMenamin, President of Union College, focuses on personalized education to close gaps in opportunity. Together, they explore the impact of AI on job markets, the difference between skills and opportunity gaps, and visions for a resilient workforce. The group emphasizes the importance of transferable skills and proposes metrics like earnings and access to learning to track progress in the labor market.
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Aging Workforce Needs Training Access
- Claire Casey notes a seismic demographic shift: workers over 50 have grown rapidly and now form a large share of the workforce.
- She warns that older workers are half as likely to be offered tech training, despite needing continuous upskilling.
Use AI Early And Ask Practical Questions
- Margaret McMenamin advises institutions to embrace AI by having faculty and students use it rather than ban it.
- She recommends asking AI how it will change one's job and career to start productive learning.
Open Training And Make Credentials Portable
- Sam Caucci urges companies to open skill opportunities to all employees and let workers own portable credentials.
- He gives Lowe's Hotels as an example that grants equal access to training across roles.