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Behind America’s Talent Shortage
Gone forever are the days of semi-skilled, well-paying, blue-collar factory jobs that can provide a 19-year-old dropout or high school graduate with a living wage…
America’s Talent Shortage
According to U.S. Department of Labor data, 62% of all U.S. jobs in 2010 will require higher skill levels. While 97 million people will be needed, only…
H1N1 Will Expose Crisis of Finding Skilled Workers
A large spike in H1N1 screenings could clog a lab system already struggling with a shortage of skilled workers. A shortage of hospital beds and public health providers also looms…
The dirty little secret: skill shortages
“Having hundreds of well-trained engineers means little if the technology those engineers know best is being phased out…
Nuclear industry experiencing worker meltdown
In the next five years, just as the nuclear industry hopes to launch a renaissance, up to 19,600 nuclear workers-35 percent of the workforce-will reach retirement age…
Skilled workers needed, soon
"Labor market is weak now, but impending worker shortage will change that," says Marshall Loeb, the former editor of Fortune and Money, in a column posted to Marketwatch…
Maintenance Worker Crisis Song: An Workforce Anthem?
With a very clever song and "karaoke-like" powerpoint presentation, the people at MPACT Learning Center, a training center for maintenance workers, tell a story of their skilled…
Skyrocketing costs and worker shortages
Higher cost of construction and building materials along with an acute shortage of skilled workers, technicians and engineers, has raised an alarm in the region. Sound familiar –…
Nebraska: Workforce shortages only “is going to get worse”
In the past two years the number of job openings in Nebraska has nearly doubled. It’s only going to get worse according to Lee Elliott, vice president of…
Skilled shortages in Louisiana threatens economic recovery
According to the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, an influential business group proposing changes in state policies on work-force development, Louisiana has a serious shortage of skilled workers…