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Advanced Manufacturing - A Healthy Solution to the Skilled Labor Shortage

Brookings - How local leaders in Austin and beyond are using ‘infrastructure academies’ to address their workforce needs

Business Insider - Homebuilders fear Trump's mass deportations would inflate costs and make it even harder to hire

Center for American Progress - Workforce Development State Strategies: A 50-State Scan of Best Practices From Recent Action

Forbes - The Productivity Tightrope: 2 Labor Force Trends That Could Slow The US Economy

SHRM - Inflation and Interest Rates: How Employers Should Prepare for 2025

Working Nation - Manufacturing is making a comeback in the U.S. Here’s how large companies are filling jobs

AP - Clean energy workers are desperately needed, but many don’t know these jobs exist

Axios - New group aims to get more Latinas in the beauty industry

Builder - Five Takeaways From the Fall Construction Labor Report

Center for American Progress - Workforce Development State Strategies: A 50-State Scan of Best Practices From Recent Action

HR Dive - There are ‘literally zero’ skills where AI could replace a human, Indeed’s chief economist says

McKnights - Federal legislation would build grant pipeline to tackle nursing shortage

National Association of Home Builders - Labor Report Shows Dire Need for New Construction Workers

Newsweek - Upskilling Is the Key to Filling Open Green Energy Positions

NPR - Creating a pipeline for health care workers

PBS - How the next generation of auto techs is preparing for the electric vehicle transition

Reuters - No signs of US labor market deterioration as job openings rebound

Security - More than one-third of tech professionals report AI skills shortage

SHRM - Inflation and Interest Rates: How Employers Should Prepare for 2025

The 74 - The U.S. Needs Workers to Fill Good-Paying Jobs. The Time to Train Them Is in HS

US News - The Labor Shortage Is Not Going Away and Economists Say Trump’s Proposals Will Make it Worse

USA Today - The Great Reskilling Opens Opportunities for Career Shift Toward Lucrative Blue Collar Trades

Axios - Health worker shortages forecast thru 2028

Axios - Companies’ attitudes toward layoffs are changing — here’s why

Boston Globe - The US has a nurse shortage. Here’s one part of the solution

CBS - Gen Z beginning to outnumber baby boomers in the workforce

CNBC - More men in their prime working years are neither working nor looking for jobs — here’s why

CNN - Want job security in this uncertain market? A surprising trend is paying off

CTE Policy Watch - BLS releases new employment projections, data on occupational skills

Cybersecurity Dive - White House launches cybersecurity hiring sprint to help fill 500,000 job openings

Food Engineering - Research Indicates Labor Shortages Contribute to Revenue Loss

Forbes - Are Healthcare Labor Woes Ending? Some Might Be In Pandemic’s Wake

Forbes - The Rising Storm: Business Leaders Navigate America's Labor Shortage

The Hill - An American dream: Skilled trades can provide a dignified path to the middle class 

HR Dive - ‘Largest labor shortage the country has ever seen’ looms, report warns

MarketPlace - Why are CFOs gloomy about the future?

NBC - Teens are losing faith in college, giving rise to interest in the skilled trades

NBC - Politicians are promising housing help. Homebuilders say the problems are many and the solutions scant

Reuters - US employers expect nearly 6% spike in health insurance costs in 2025, Mercer says

USA Today - Workers without high school diplomas ease labor shortage — but not without a downside

Wall Street Journal - America Still Has a Worker Shortage

Working Nation - Here’s what employers can do about the shortage of skilled trade workers

Working Nation - Deep Dive: The Hispanic workforce is growing, but faces barriers to quality jobs

Yahoo!Finance - Groundworks® Partners with Mike Rowe as Part of Brand’s Initial Spokesperson Campaign

Axios - America's fastest-growing job, mapped

Forbes - Bringing Manufacturing Back To The US: Easier Said Than Done 

New York Post - More women are skipping college to make six figures as electricians, car mechanics and truck drivers

PR Newswire - Why the World Is Running Out of Workers--and What to Do About It

Axios - America's wage boost: There are fewer low-wage workers in the U.S. now

Axios - Why the world needs more working women

Business Insider - The 10 highest-paying blue-collar construction jobs in the US

Business Insider - Solar jobs are in high demand and have a low barrier to entry — now is the time to break into the industry 

Forbes - The Perfect Storm In The Skilled Industrial Workforce

The Job - Guaranteed Talent Pipeline

MarketPlace - Why is manufacturing activity up in some regions and down in others? 

New York Times - ‘We Feel Stuck’: Child Care Needs Limit Women’s Work Force Gains

USA Today - Gen Z is trading degrees for tool belts. Trade school benefits outweigh college costs.

USA Today - Temporary worker drop may be signaling slowing economy

Wall Street Journal - Rural Towns Are Aging, Cash-Strapped and in Desperate Need of Workers

Wall Street Journal - The Hottest Job Market in a Generation Is Over

Yahoo Finance - Healthcare workers are in demand — and the industry can't get enough of them

Yahoo Finance - US to Fight Labor Shortage With New Chips Act Worker Program 

Axios - Labor shortages are the new normal

Axios - The health care workforce crisis is already here

Forbes - The Crisis Under The Hood: America's Skilled Labor Shortage

Fox Business - Mike Rowe sounds alarm over 'scary' trade worker shortage: US on 'verge of not being able to make stuff'

Fox Business - Mike Rowe: Years of shows like 'Dirty Jobs' has made a 'persuasive case' for blue collar jobs

Fox Business - Skilled workers are in demand, these trade jobs pay the most

Wall Street Journal - Why I Skipped College to Be an HVAC Tech

Washington Post - Demand for better cybersecurity fuels a booming job market  

Axios - You only live once: How the pandemic helped fuel early retirements

Brookings - States are leading the effort to remove degree requirements from government jobs

Brookings - How US employers and educators can build a more nimble education system with multiple paths to success

Business Insider - A New Jersey homebuilder who pays his workers over $100,000 wants young people to know construction can be a lucrative career that doesn't require college — and businesses are desperate to hire

Business Insider - A national shortage of construction workers is driving high home prices. The industry is struggling to fill the gap.

Dive - Employers appear more likely to offer interviews, higher pay to those with AI skills, study says 

NBC -  The U.S. labor market is shifting toward skilled labor as white-collar hiring slows 

New York Post - You’ll never worry about AI stealing your job working in these trades

USA Today - Jobs report today: Employers added 175,000 jobs in April, unemployment rises to 3.9% 

U.S. Chamber of Commerce - U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo Announces Order to Harness Potential of America’s Workforce, Releases DOC Workforce Policy Agenda

U.S. Census Bureau -  How the COVID-19 Pandemic Prompted More People to Change Jobs

Working Nation - Opinion: To tackle the talent shortage, colleges must become ‘work experience’ brokers

Working Nation - A checkup on the condition of the U.S. nursing shortage

ABC - US wildfires are getting bigger and more complex, prompting changes in workforce 

Axios - Trades make a comeback with Gen Z workers

Bloomberg Law - Final Overtime Rule Clears Regulatory Review, Teeing Up Release 

CNBC -  The highest-paying in-demand jobs that don't require a degree, according to new research 

CNN -  Biden administration finalizes controversial minimum staffing mandate at nursing homes 

Forbes - 3 Ways AI Can Help You Reach The Growing Gen-Z Candidate Pool

Fox Business - ‘BLUE-COLLAR CRISIS’: Skilled labor shortage worries industry expert 

Fox Business - Mike Rowe calls Gen Z the next 'toolbelt generation' amid increasing vocational enrollment

The Hill - Smashing the paper ceiling: Why employers are dropping college degree requirements

The Job -  Public Infrastructure on Skills 

The Job -  Preparing Amid Uncertainty 

NewsNation - Labor crisis: Why is there a shortage of plumbers and electricians?

USA Today - US Chamber of Commerce sues Federal Trade Commission over new noncompete ban

Wall Street Journal - Podcast - Why More Gen Z Workers Are Pursuing Skilled Trade Jobs

Washington Post - The surprising reason few Americans are getting chips jobs now

White House -  President Biden Announces New Workforce Hubs to Train and Connect American Workers to Good Jobs Created by the President’s Investing in America Agenda 

Working Nation - Report: Manufacturers are facing a worker shortage unless they invest in training talent now

Yahoo Finance - Google just dropped millions of dollars to teach more people how to use AI—and an exec says it could ‘create a reinvigoration of the American middle class’ 

Axios - Why the construction industry is short 40,000 technicians

Axios - Aging population puts pressure on health care labor

Dive - Soft skills lead to faster promotions, LinkedIn data shows 

Forbes - Turning Silver Into Gold: Are Unretired Workers A Solution To The $8.5 Trillion Labor Shortage?

Forbes - The Case For Upskilling In The AI Age

The Job -  Is AI-Proofing Possible? 

USA Today - Economy added robust 275,000 jobs in February, report shows. But a slowdown looms

Yahoo Finance - AI a job killer? In California it's complicated

Yahoo Finance - The future of work isn’t powered by AI. It’s powered by people enabled by AI 

Business Insider -  Baby boomers are approaching 'peak burden' on the economy 

Dive -  Most HR leaders say half of workers will need reskilling in coming years 

Wall Street Journal - 40% of Lawyers Are Women. 7% Are Black. America’s Workforce in Charts 

US Chamber of Commerce -  What Will the Workplace of the Future Look Like? 

Brookings - How federal, state, and local leaders can leverage the CHIPS and Science Act as a landmark workforce opportunity

Dive - 30% of hiring managers say they steer clear of Gen Z

Dive - Job openings rise 10% to highest level since 2022

Forbes - How The U.S. Job Landscape Is Changing—and How To Adapt

Forbes - Why You Should Consider A Job In The Skilled Trades

The Hill - It’s time to rethink welfare-to-work policies. This bipartisan workforce bill is a good start

The Job -  Healthcare High Schools 

New York Times - The U.S. Seems to Be Dodging a Recession. What Could Go Wrong? 

New York Times - What Investors and the Fed Will Look For in the Jobs Report

Wall Street Journal - Finding a New Job Is Getting Harder

Washington Post - Millions of gig workers could qualify as employees under new Biden-era rule