Our Mission
NextGen Talent’s mission is to boost the enrollment of low-income students and students of color in postsecondary programs that lead to well-paying careers. To do this, we partner with college access+success organizations, high schools, and support organizations to deliver innovative career-related services that begin in high school and continue through college to that all-important good first job.
For Too Many Students, a College Education Isn’t Paying Off.
Low-income college graduates earn 50 cents to every dollar earned by middle-income graduates over their lifetime, worsening the racial wealth gap and discouraging enrollment in postsecondary education. LEARN MORE →
NextGen Talent Is Changing This.
Our products and services include tools to increase the local labor market literacy of advisors and their students; a postsecondary program finder to easily identify high-value options after high school; training for advisors; and — through our partnership with CareerSpring — access to a professional networking & job placement platform.
14,000+
Students reached
by our tools, our trained advisors, and
in-classroom curriculum.
130+
Advisors & Counselors Trained
to use our tools to identify high-value postsecondary and career options for their students.
270+
Postsecondary programs
featured in our first-of-its-kind directory of high-value opportunities for students.
“I wish I had NextGen Talent’s tools when I was in high school to help me better understand what kinds of jobs I could get with certain college majors – and their salaries in this region. I feel like I was robbed because I didn’t.”