SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s aerospace and defense industry is growing. To help platform this growth, three companies have come together to showcase an artificial intelligence-powered method of career recruitment.
The method is called YouScience Brightpath, and it’s designed to help students realize their aptitude for this specific industry.
YouScience CEO and co-founder Edson Barton said it’s meant to leverage YouScience’s “innovative aptitude-based career guidance tools,” along with the industry expertise of Apogee Worx and 47G‘s community, to create a talent pipeline.
Barton, along with CEO and President of 47G Aaron Starks and co-owner of Apogee Worx, Brian Janroy, joined Inside Sources to discuss their unique recruitment approach.
A growing industry
According to Starks, the aerospace and defense industry accounts for about 20% of the state’s overall economy. It also provides about 300,000 jobs.
Barton said one of the challenges in this industry, however, is getting more people to work in …
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