THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2021

11:30 A.M. ET (New York, D.C.) / 10:30 A.M. CT (Chicago) / 9:30 A.M. MT (Denver) / 8:30 A.M. PT (Los Angeles).

Register now: http://my.migrationpolicy.org/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=89785

SPEAKERS:

David Dyssegaard Kallick, Deputy Director and Director of Immigration Research, Fiscal Policy Institute

Jina Krause-Vilmar, President and CEO, Upwardly Global

Mohamed Khalif, President, Washington Academy for International Medical Graduates

Shaun E. Smith, Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

MODERATOR:
Jeanne Batalova, Senior Policy Analyst; Manager, Migration Data Hub, Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

Two million college-educated immigrants in the United States are either unemployed or working in jobs that require no more than a high school diploma, often because of licensing, credential-recognition, and other barriers. While most states have seen their populations of highly skilled immigrants grow since 2010, there have been few strategic efforts to improve the integration prospects of these new residents or address this skill underutilization, also referred to as “brain waste.” The failure to fully leverage this human capital comes with increasing costs, with job vacancies at a two-decade high, an aging society, and a rapidly transforming labor market. 

During this webcast, experts will discuss findings from a new report examining at U.S. and state levels the underemployment of college graduates by nativity and by race and ethnicity, in the process revealing patterns of economic inequality. The conversation will include immigrant and employer voices who will explore the promising strategies that exist to mitigate this brain waste for the benefit of the U.S. economy, local communities, and the workers themselves.