Businesses and Individuals with a Skill Gap Benefit from Nonprofit Graduate! Philadelphia Helping Solve the Issue in Philadelphia

Specifically, the skills gap in Philadelphia. At the time the organization was launched, in 2006, scores of companies in the Philadelphia region were struggling to fill jobs for which a college degree was a requirement. Meanwhile, an estimated 100,000 Philadelphians had some college credits, but hadn’t been able to go far enough to get their diplomas and were trapped in lower-wage jobs. There had to be a way to bridge that divide – to create a win-win scenario in which the companies got the skilled workers they needed while individuals got the life-changing benefits of a college education.