One of the greatest concerns facing our communities is the growing gap between those with access to opportunity and those without. We believe that access to educational opportunities, careers and economic advancement should be a right, not a privilege. To help address those opportunity and employment gaps, PwC committed $125 million to expand our Access Your Potential
program. To support a more equitable future for college students, Access Your Potential aims to serve 25,000 students by providing access to high-demand digital and career readiness training and upskilling, mentorship, and additional pathways to help start their careers.
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, a PwC product, the Access Your Potential curriculum generates engaging, challenging and customized learning plans to help students with the skills they need to be competitive in school and in the marketplace, across all fields of study. As part of the program, there are four core pillars, Engage, Upskill, Support and Future Careers:
- Engage: Through social media, like our TikTok channel
, we aim to create and inspire a community, share personal and professional development tips, support mental health and help students confidently navigate career choices.?
- Upskill: There are two curricula - Career Readiness and Digital Skills - which students can explore.?Career Readiness
curriculum helps students assess and gain insight on who they are and where they want to go by identifying their strengths, values, passions and purpose so they can set goals and build their personal brand. They will cultivate skills to fuel their future as they chart a course toward their career. Finally, they will create career search tools to showcase their strengths and build their networks. In videos, PwC professionals share advice and personal stories.?Digital Skills
curriculum is a 30-hour immersive learning path to digitally upskill students and help bridge academic and technology competencies. Students learn to embrace new mindsets and ways of working, harness the power of data through automation and visualization, and understand what responsible and ethical use of technology means in business. Students participate in hands-on activities involving fictitious workplace scenarios and simulated team interactions. Role models share personal stories to draw connections to core learnings. Students also gain access to tools and practice solving business problems. These skills are then tested through a gamified capstone quest where students can demonstrate their commitment and working knowledge of specific in-demand skills.??
- Support: Access Your Potential offers students access to a variety of mentoring and networking avenues. It is inclusive of a community-based model with collegiate peers and PwC mentors, learning assets, and regular sessions utilizing virtual platforms. In addition, PwC staff host discussions with students on topics that are important to them, such as their experience being a first-generation college student, the CPA exam and how to bring their authentic selves to work.
- Future Careers: We have created multiple programs to support students’ career search and build connections that can help them get hired. One of our most successful programs to date, with more than 1,000 students in its first year, is a remote, consulting externship
offered through Paragon One. The program creates work-based learning experiences for students to build consulting skills.
Ready to learn more? Check out Access Your Potential on TikTok
and sign up
for free today!
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