Mona Mourshed - CEO Generation

One of the reasons we started this podcast was because I was worried about how the pandemic would affect employment. 

A lot of people are thinking about what the future of jobs and the future of work look like but few are doing more about it than our guest today, Dr Mona Mourshed.

Mona is the founding CEO of Generation- an international non-profit organization that makes careers accessible to all by transforming education and employment systems across the world. 

Learning from the story of her father, Mona saw at a young age the transformative power education could have on one's situation and has dedicated her career to serving people facing systemic barriers to employment - from degree attainment to underrepresented communities and people who have dependents. 

Generation has recently conducted research into the hidden employment crisis: 40-70% of the long term unemployed are aged 45+ and face steep challenges for re-employment. 

Today's episode focuses on the ramifications of this research, how the pandemic has affected employment and why solving for access is so important.