Why America Has a Shortage of Skilled Workers

Why America Has a Shortage of Skilled Workers

A recent report called “The Skills Gap in U.S. Manufacturing 2015 and Beyond” projects that, “Over the next decade, nearly three and a half million manufacturing jobs will likely need to be filled, and the skills gap is expected to result in 2 million of those jobs going unfilled.”

This skilled workforce shortage problem is not new.

The urgency of the problem was described as far back as 1990 by theNational Center on Education and the Economy, with its report, The American Workforce – America’s Choice: High Skills or Low Wages. Read More…

 

Why America Has a Shortage of Skilled Workers

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