Equipping adult English learners with real-world language skills is just the first step in powering their potential. We must also build a workforce ecosystem that also champions their recruitment, retention, career and economic mobility.
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“EnGen has really helped me with my confidence in communicating. I feel more fluent, and my understanding of the language has improved significantly. I love that I can now help my coworkers with translation and assist them with their language needs”
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"Six months ago, when I started with EnGen, my expectations were not very high because I had been trying to learn English for a long time, and I hadn’t seen any improvement. But after six months with this amazing program, I now speak with more confidence. At work, I can communicate much clearer and with fluidity.”
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In Colorado and across the U.S., 1 in 10 working-age adults is an English learner. The impact of the statewide offering indicates that at-scale English upskilling can be a powerful workforce development tool.
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There’s a role for everyone in the workforce of the future. Yet too often, our workforce development programs leave out key segments of the labor force, including adult English learners. Here are five actionable insights to build a future-ready workforce that embraces multilingual talent.
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Savvy employers are turning to English upskilling to attract and retain a high potential but largely untapped talent pool: adult English learners. Here are three reasons why these programs should be a top priority in talent acquisition and development budgets for 2025.
“Improving my English is a roadmap for my career development." Read how EnGen is helping Qurbanali, a civil engineer from Afghanistan, rebuild his life and livelihood in Virginia.
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State and local governments have found that mobile-first English upskilling can provide a cost effective way to equip adult English learners with both the language skills and workforce skills that help power local economies.
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“In the USA I saw many educational opportunities, and I had a picture of myself learning English to be able to communicate effectively and pursue a career.”
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EnGen Founder Dr. Katie Brown applies her three decades of research on second language acquisition to address your questions about language learning – what works, what doesn’t, and why.
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Growing numbers of companies understand the benefits of upskilling with English, yet many have never before offered a workplace English program. If this is the case for you, rest assured that you’re not alone – and that EnGen is committed to supporting you in creating and implementing a program that will boost your employees’ English proficiency and career mobility, along with your organizations’ bottom line.
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Multilingualism is linked to creativity, problem solving, and innovation. Yet despite this potential, adult English learners are more likely to be unemployed or underemployed than their English-speaking peers. Here are four ways that employers can help close this gap.
“Enjoy the process.” EnGen learner Jeffrey has six pieces of advice for fellow adult English learners.
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There are more than 123,000 working-age adult English learners in Michigan, poised to help employers fill roles in a state where there are currently more open jobs than available workers. Yet many local employers struggle to connect with this multilingual talent pool. EnGen is working with partners in Michigan to fill the gap.
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EnGen assembled workforce development experts from the Tent Partnership for Refugees, Whole Foods Market, and WorkingNation in a timely conversation about the potential of at-scale English upskilling to champion multilingual talent and power the U.S. workforce.
EnGen announces the launch of a new partnership designed to provide career-aligned English instruction to more of Michigan’s 123,000-plus working-age adult English learners, driving workers’ economic mobility and helping employers fill roles in a state where there are currently more open jobs than available workers..
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“My EnGen teacher, Jeff, asked me to establish a deadline to start speaking in English. I mentioned my daughter’s birthday – the 23rd of February – symbolically. I kept this date in my mind. And guess what? It worked!”
Community colleges are constantly innovating ways to connect learners from diverse backgrounds to careers in high-demand fields. Employers can take a page from community colleges’ playbook to do the same in championing diversity in their workplaces.
“I feel I can go to the grocery store and ask for help. Or go to hospital: Last week, I called my insurance to ask for an appointment, and I could do it. I’m a little shy sometimes, but now I feel more confidence than two years ago.”
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