Women CEOs from several US companies traveled to Capitol Hill on Monday to deliver a message to a group of female lawmakers: We’ve got science and technology jobs to fill; where are the qualified candidates? A big part of the problem, panelists agreed, is a lack of job applicants with adequate skills in STEM fields. For example, Lisa Hook, CEO of Sterling-Va-based Neustar Inc., a telecommunications company, pointed to a solution. “We need a lot of federal assistance in encouraging children to go into STEM, we need to make it accessible and available starting in the ninth grade,” she said.
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