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Podcast: A Conversation With Gladymir Philippe, Founder of Kado

Kaitlyn ClarkeBusiness Elevated Podcast

Business Elevated Podcast (Season 4 Episode 11)

This podcast series features business and government leaders discussing what it’s like to live and work in the great state of Utah.

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Summary

This episode features a conversation about Kado with the organization’s founder Gladymir Philippe, and podcast host Pete Codella, Go Utah’s communications director. 

Philippe discusses how he came up with the concept for Kado, a marketplace that brings real-world experience into the classroom to eliminate graduate underemployment. The Quebec native and University of Utah graduate discusses the high quality of life he enjoys in Utah, streamlining matching college students’ skillsets with employer needs to help fill the talent pipeline, and the trends he sees in college education. He also discusses challenges college students face, the types of companies that use his platform for contract work, and much more.