The skilled labor workforce is constantly shrinking. The industry is bracing for impact as it faces the silver wave. While the labor shortage is heavily affecting the skilled trade industry, employers ...

Employment for electricians, carpenters, and plumbers could help address the labor shortage. Skilled trade workers typically are paid well, get to learn on the job, and have less student debt. Two ...

The educational requisites necessary to land a skilled labor position can range from a two-week certification to 10+ years of specialized collegiate education. The workforce includes countless ...

Amid global labor shortages, the world's largest chipmakers are currently fighting for skilled talent to staff semiconductor production facilities and address chip constraints. Global chipmakers are ...

Before the pandemic began, the construction industry was already at a massive deficit for skilled tradespeople – and demand just kept increasing every month during the economic downturn. It’s now ...

BEAUMONT, Texas – There are millions of job openings available for skilled workers. But filling them all remains a problem. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people could work remotely, but that ...

The Feb. 5 kickoff of Lunar New Year across Asia is putting the spotlight on the migrant workers in China who have been the primary force behind the decades of economic growth in the country, pushing ...

TACOMA, Wash., April 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- TrueBlue (NYSE: TBI), a leading provider of specialized workforce solutions, is pleased to announce that PeopleReady Skilled Trades (PRST), a specialized ...

The Workforce Institute at UKG finds two-thirds of manufacturers struggling to fill critical labor gaps LOWELL, Mass., and WESTON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The resilience of manufacturing is unwavering ...

The Feb. 5 kickoff of Lunar New Year across Asia is putting the spotlight on the migrant workers in China who have been the primary force behind the decades of economic growth in the country, pushing ...

Within the next decade, more than 120 million skilled jobs — a third of the world’s total —will be largely performed by robots. Not the mechanical arms you see on the assembly line. These are “smart” ...

A few quick observations about the low-skilled labor market, following up on my recent post about why a guaranteed jobs program doesn't make sense. That is a bad idea to fix the low-skilled labor ...