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WORKFORCE SHORTAGE IN THE NEWS

 The workforce shortage across North America is an issue prominently in the news. From local communities to a national coverage, the impact can be tracked across most skills that are being trained for at post secondary institutions.   


Interested in learning more about how the workforce shortage will affect you and your industry? Join today to stay up to date on workforce shortage gaps across the country. 

featured coverage

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Understanding America’s Labor Shortage

  • The Most Impacted Industries
  • The Most Impacted States


Data Deep Dive: The Workforce of the Future


Additional resources available on the America Works Data Center

National Workforce Shortage coverage

July 2025

July 2025

July 2025

June 2025

July 2025

July 2025

Business Insider - Jamie Dimon has a solution to the skills shortage

Chief Executive - How Manufacturers Can Win The Talent War

The College Investor - College Not Required: Skills Now Matter More Than Diplomas

Community Impact - Workforce shortages prompt nursing education partnership in The Woodlands area

Forbes - Building The Trades: We Can’t Afford A $10 Billion Annual Housing Loss

Forbes - Trump’s Immigration Raids Worsen Construction’s $10.8 Billion Labor Shortage

Ford - Ford CEO Jim Farley Says America Needs To Invest In Skilled Trades

Fortune - AI is helping blue-collar workers do more with less as labor shortages are projected to worsen 

Fox News - AI-powered self-driving software is disrupting the trucking industry

Hechinger Report - Clean energy workforce training hub a ‘gamechanger’ in this struggling factory town

HR Dive - Nearly half of CEOs say employees are resistant or even hostile to AI

Gallup - State of the Global Workplace

Global Trade - Can AI Bring Blue-Collar Jobs Back to the U.S.?

The Job - Nonpartisan Nod for Apprenticeship

Kaiser Permanente - We must grow the health care workforce

MortgagePoint - How Much Is the Skilled Labor Shortage Costing U.S. Homebuilders?

MSN - Tariffs aren't the answer: US factories face a bigger problem, no one to work in them

National Home Builder Association - Construction Job Openings Steady in April

Newsweek - The U.S. Labor Force Isn't Ready for a Manufacturing Boom | Opinion

Newsweek - The Workforce Crisis Threatening America's Economy | Opinion

Open Tools - AI’s Job Market Shake-Up in 2025: Who’s At Risk and Who’s Rising?

RBC - America needs workers, not jobs

The Root - Black Big Box CEO Admits These Types of Jobs Are Safe From an AI Takeover

SHRM - SHRM25 Preview: Solving the Labor Shortage Puzzle

The Source - Virginia’s nursing shortage eases, but demand set to surge by 2030

Staffing Industry Analysts - US needs 4.6M workers annually or will face labor crisis, report warns

Supply and Demand Chain Executive - How Tech Collaboration Can Fill Manufacturing’s Labor Gaps

Tech.co - Lack of Qualified Drivers Fuels “Critical” Labor Shortage

USA Today - Tariffs are meant to boost US manufacturing. Is America ready?

USA Today - Industries that are actively seeking veterans to fill the labor gap

Wall Street Journal - Young Graduates Are Facing an Employment Crisis

Working Nation - Deep Dive: Will AI take your job? How tech disruption affects work

Working Nation - Opinion: For skills-based hiring to work, we need the right infrastructure

May 2025

July 2025

April 2025

Fortune - Meet the Gen Z tradies who are shunning college and picking up the tools instead—they plan to be in the top 1% without being saddled with crippling student debt

Fortune - U.S. Secretary of Commerce says the ‘new model’ is factory jobs for life—for you, your kids, and your grandkids

Fox Business - Mike Rowe warns of troubling trend among working-age men, says trades are the answer

Future of Work - Smart data, better jobs: How technology is transforming labour markets 

Healthcare Innovation - How an Innovative Apprenticeship Model Is Solving for Labor Shortages

The Hill - Without qualified workers, our CHIPS investments could be money down the drain 

HR Executive - 6 ways to attract leading talent—and become a ‘top workplace’

Inside Higher Ed - Over half of hiring managers say recent grads are unprepared for the workforce

The Job - Digital Credentials for Veterans

McKinsey Health Institute - McKinsey Health Institute launches new research on addressing the global healthcare workforce shortage

National Bureau of Economic Research - Shifting Work Patterns with Generative AI

SHRM - May 2025 Labor Market Review: Welcome Jobs News amid Growing Evidence of a Softening Economy

Supply & Demand Chain - Manufacturing Survey Reveals Widespread Labor Shortage Continues in 2025: ETQ

Supply Chain Brain - Survey: Labor Shortages Block a U.S. Truck Freight Boom

World Economic Forum - Growing Cyber Talent Through Public–Private Partnerships

Yahoo!News - Nursing programs struggle to find qualified faculty


April 2025

February 2025

April 2025

American Machinist - Addressing the Aging Workforce Challenge

Axios - Driverless trucks are rolling in Texas, ushering in new era

Bipartisan Policy Center - Bipartisan Policy Center Unveils New Report Addressing U.S. Workforce Shortages Over the Next Decade

Biz Journals - US manufacturers face uphill battle to attract, retain skilled workers

Brookings - Growing from the middle out: An economic model of good jobs for the heartland, by the heartland

Brookings -  AI in the Healthcare Sector

Brookings - Workforce development policy in the US

Charlotte Business Journal - US manufacturers face uphill battle to attract, retain skilled workers

Forbes - Closing The Skills Gap: Including Women In The Future Of AI

Forbes - The Nursing Crisis Seen In The Pitt Is Real. Here’s Hope For Solving It

Fortune - Nearly 4 million new manufacturing jobs are coming to America as boomers retire—but it’s the one trade job Gen Z doesn’t want

Fortune - It’s time to reimagine health-care education

Governing - Could Trump’s Tariffs Revive Manufacturing in the U.S.?

Higher Ed Dive - Gen Z says AI has made their college degrees irrelevant

The HR Digest - US Manufacturing Jobs and Gen Z Workers—Can Common Ground Be Found?

Inside Higher Ed - Listen: How to Prep Gen Z for Jobs of the Future

MSN - 14 Careers Employers Are Desperate to Fill But Can’t Find Enough Employees

Newsweek - The Jobs That Will Be Safe From AI, According to Experts

NPR - How Trump's immigration policies could worsen the health care worker shortage

Rebusiness Online - Bridging the Workforce Divide: Strategies to Sustain the Construction Industry

Smart Industry - How manufacturers are closing high-skill gaps

Staffing Industry Analysts - What lies ahead for healthcare staffing?

The Job - Training EV Technicians

The Project on Workforce - Navigating Opportunity: Career Information and Mobility in Low-Wage Employment

Work Shift - Workforce Training Programs Grapple with Threats to Federal Funding

WorkingNation - Workers skilled through alternative routes are seeing access to greater economic mobility

World Economic Forum - The new skills triad: How we equip the workforce for the future of work

World Economic Forum - AI is changing work — the time  is now for strategic upskilling

World Economic Forum - Why flexible work is the new standard in hourly jobs

Yahoo! Finance - Mike Rowe warns of a ‘will gap’ as millions of men abandon workforce — here’s why

YahooNews - Bill Gates says AI can help solve worker shortages in 2 surprising professions

March 2025

February 2025

February 2025

Breaking AC - The Growing Demand for Nurses in Today’s Healthcare System

For Construction Pros - 5 Things You Should Know About Women in Construction

Forbes - The Future Of Work In America: High-Demand Careers, AI Disruption, And The Path Forward

Forbes - LinkedIn Reveals The Most In-Demand Skills On The Rise For 2025

Forbes - Trades, Training And The Next Generation Of Construction

Forbes - Why America Has A Shortage Of Air Traffic Controllers

Forbes - How Gen Z Can Save The $235 Billion Kitchen And Bath Industry

Fox News- Mike Rowe explains why there is a lack of ‘will’ to work in the US

HR Dive - AI, ‘digital fluency’ top workers’ skills-building wishlist

HR Dive - Employees want generative AI training to help close talent gap

Jobs for the Future - AI for Economic Opportunity and Advancement: A Call to Action

Jobs for the Future - In Skills We Trust?

National Skills Coalition - Equipping Workers, Building Futures: Federal Policies for a Skilled America

News from the States - Bills to address healthcare shortages await committee hearings

SHRM - March 2025 Labor Market Review: Uncertainty Looms for Employers

Tech.co - Trucker Shortage: How the Industry Is Attracting Young Drivers

Urban Institute - Car Manufacturing Plant Shutdowns Could Cost Half a Million US Jobs

US Chamber of Commerce - Advancing an Engaged, Agile, and Resilient Workforce at Talent Forward

Washington Post - U.S. is headed toward a hospital bed shortage, researchers warn

Work Shift - As Skills-Based Hiring Grows, LinkedIn Has Yet to Find Its Place

Working Nation - On the frontlines of health care, demand is growing for community health workers

Working Nation - Employer-paid education benefits can attract and retain talent

Working Nation - Gen Z says the job market and the high cost of education are standing in the way of the American Dream

World Economic Forum - Skills-based hiring can help us recruit for jobs that don’t exist yet

World Economic Forum - Future of jobs: 5 ways to match skills to more meaningful work

WorldHealth.net - The Growing Need for Skilled Nurses in Modern Healthcare

February 2025

February 2025

February 2025

ADP - Using Data to Attract and Retain Women in the Construction Talent Pool

Daily Nurse - Solving the Nursing Shortage Starts with Investing in Educators

Forbes -  Breaking Barriers: Diversifying The Trades To Address Shortages

Inside Higher Ed - 3 Things About AI and the Future of Work

Marketplace - The services part of the economy is growing much faster than the part that makes things

MSN - Job applicants say the search has never been harder, but C-suite leaders are losing sleep over attracting top talent

MSN - 85% of US contractors can't find skilled workers: Women and Black Americans could fill the gap

National Association of Home Builders - House Reintroduces NAHB-Supported Workforce Development Bill

National Governors Association - Empowering Progress: Harnessing Skills-Based Strategies to Drive Public Sector Excellence

SHRM - February 2025 Labor Market Review: Job Gains Fall Short of Expectations

SHRM - How to Fix the ‘Broken’ Entry-Level Employee Pipeline

Staffing Industry Analysts - Work visa choices help businesses tackle labor shortages

TIME - The Major U.S. Companies Scaling Back DEI Efforts as Trump Targets Initiatives

Work Shift - EV Jobs and Training at Risk

Work Shift - To Break the Cycle of Low-Wage Work, Redesign the Workforce System

World Economic Forum - Matching Talent to the Jobs of Tomorrow: A Guidebook for Public Employment Services



January 2025

Archived News

Archived News

AEI - Is There a Mismatch Between American Workers’ Skills and Jobs? 

Axios - AI plus upskilling could help solve labor shortages, leaders say

Building Design and Construction - 3 possible solutions to lagging productivity in the construction industry

Chamber of Commerce - The Job Market Is Still Historically Tight

Considerable - High-Paying Jobs That Don’t Require College

Construction Dive - Materials costs, workforce gaps will shape 2025 activity

Construction Dive - Will contractors scramble for labor this year? It depends.

Construction Dive - 5 ways builders say Trump can support construction

Health Leaders - Where Burnout Rates Are Trending Among Healthcare Professions

Hechinger Report: Wanted: A new generation of pilots

The Hill - America can’t afford to lose the high-skilled talent race in today’s competitive markets 

HR Digest: The Gen Z Job Paradox: Why Fresh Talent Is Fading Fast

HR Dive - 5 trends that will shape HR in 2025

HR Dive - What hiring managers should know about the 2025 labor market

HR Dive - Employers face ‘skills mismatch’ between job seekers and company needs, LinkedIn finds

INC.: 6 Ways the Workplace Will Change in 2025 

Investopedia: What To Expect From Friday's Jobs Report

Politico - What the skilled labor debate means for colleges

SHRM - U.S. Labor Shortage Looms: Who Will Do the Work?

SHRM - January 2025 Labor Market Review: The Talen Shortage Persists

Site Selection - The 10 Biggest Workforce Challenges Facing America Today

Smart Brief - Can upskilling fix manufacturing’s labor shortage? 

Supply Chain Management Review - Labor shortages remain an ongoing concern in many parts of U.S. manufacturing

Working Nation - Needed steps to head off a labor shortage in the U.S.

Working Nation - Opinion: U.S. workers are falling behind. Can they catch up?

Working Nation - You’re hired: These are the skills that every employer says they want

World Economic Forum - Developing a resilient workforce: Public and private sector strategies for continuous people development and meaningful jobs

World Economic Forum - Leaders share their vision as 85% of employers plan to prioritize reskilling their workforce

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Archived News

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