YouScience
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Career assessment |
| Founded 📆 | 2012 |
| Founders 👔 | Richard Patton Betsy Wills |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , Nashville, TN |
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Key people | Philip Hardin (CEO) |
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YouScience is a Nashville, Tennessee-based technology company that provides career assessment testing services,[1][2] founded in 2012 by Richard Patton, the chief executive of Courage Capital Management, and Betsy Wills, an entrepreneur.[3] In 2013, the company launched Latitude, a two-hour online assessment which measures on interests and abilities providing a report on appropriate careers.[2]
History[edit]
In 2015, in response to advocacy from state lawmaker Lindsey Tippins, the state of Georgia gave 20,000 high school sophomores access to the test.[4] In the fall of 2017, the Metro Nashville Public Schools district began using the company's tests as on about 4,000 freshmen students, as part of a $30,000 pilot program.[5][6] In February 2018, it was reported that leaders of some manufacturing and building companies in Georgia were using YouScience tests to recruit young workers.[7]
Products[edit]
The test consists of an aptitudes section, in which participants complete brief exercises, sometimes referred to as "brain games", with a time limit. The other half of the test is the interests section, which involves asking participants to answer questions about themselves.[8] Each participant then receives a resulting list of skills and jobs for which they might be well-suited.[9] When the company studied its test results, it found that most students had aptitude for manufacturing and technology jobs, but few had an interest in them.[6] The company says it worked with the Chicago, Illinois-based Ball Foundation to develop its career assessment test based on research dating back to at least World War II.[10]
References[edit]
- ↑ McGee, Jamie (2013-07-25). "YouScience raises $5M to help youth pick careers". Nashville Business Journal. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 McGee, Jamie (2013-12-09). "YouScience helps students find best career for them before investing in college". The Tennessean.
- ↑ "YouScience Enables Young Adults to Approach Life's Biggest Decisions with Confidence". YouScience (Press release). Retrieved 2018-01-16.
- ↑ Tagami, Ty (2015-09-12). "Choosing a career, Georgia students get help from a test". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
- ↑ Gonzalez, Jason (2017-11-27). "Nashville schools looks to YouScience program to connect freshman to careers". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Martinelli, Julieta (2017-11-06). "Career Focus At Nashville Schools Leads To Use Of High Tech Aptitude Test". Nashville Public Radio. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
- ↑ William, Dave (2018-02-02). "Manufacturers, builders using new tool to tackle workforce shortages". Atlanta Business Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
- ↑ Leslie, Jennifer (2017-02-15). "Georgia students can find 'strong-fit' careers with online program". WXIA-TV. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
- ↑ Huhman, Heather R. (2017-06-29). "4 Gamification Platforms That Show Why You Can't Afford to Ignore This Trend". Entrepreneur.
- ↑ Tagami, Ty (2015-09-12). "About the YouScience tool". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
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