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Baby Boomers; Retirement; Employment Projections; Skilled Workers; Skilled Occupations; Labor Force; Educational Demand; Labor

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The impending retirement of the baby boom cohort represents the first time in the history of the United States that such a large and well-educated group of workers will exit the labor force. This could imply skill shortages in the U.S. economy. We develop near-term labor force projections of the educational demands on the workforce and the supply of workers by education to assess the potential for skill imbalances to emerge. Based on our formal projections, we see little likelihood of skill shortages emerging by the end of this decade. More tentatively, though, skill shortages are more likely as "all" of the baby boomers retire in later years, and skill shortages are more likely in the near-term in states with large and growing immigrant populations. (Contains 8 tables and 3 figures.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Labor Market; Employment Patterns; Skilled Occupations; Technical Occupations; Personnel Selection; Job Skills; Employment Practices; Labor Force; Futures (of Society); Industry; Labor Needs; Skilled Workers; On the Job Training; Industrial Training; Staff Development; Employment Potential; Educational Attainment; Secondary Education; High School Graduates; Employees

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In today's job market, middle and high skills jobs--jobs that require some education and training beyond high school--comprise the majority of job openings and typically provide the best wages and opportunities for advancement. And almost every day, there is an article or news story discussing the "skills mismatch" phenomenon, the ongoing challenge employers have in finding qualified and skilled employees to fill the more than 3 million jobs currently open in the United States, even in a time of high unemployment. As policymakers develop policies and programs that aim to ensure that the future U.S. workforce has the academic and technical preparation (from both K-12 and postsecondary education) necessary to access the careers of their choice, it is important to examine the issue from all angles. While there is an increasing amount of research around the education and skills jobs demand, the changing landscape of available jobs, and the role of education and training in addressing this skills mismatch, less is known about how the skills mismatch affects companies' hiring practices--and how companies' hiring practices affect the skills mismatch. For instance, do organizations expect to require higher levels of education for future job openings at some or all job levels? Do the education and skills requirements listed in job postings reflect current hiring practices? What are the most significant changes these HR leaders see for their organizations in the future? And what opportunities are truly available within organizations for advancement, particularly for individuals with lower levels of education and skills? To answer these questions and others, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and Achieve partnered on a national survey of nearly 4,700 HR professionals representing nine industries. Major findings from the survey include: (1) Companies are hiring; (2) Demand is growing for more education and skills at all levels; (3) Companies are investing in training for their employees; and (4) Opportunities exist for low skills workers, but there is reason to suspect that these opportunities will shrink in the future. (Contains 7 figures, 6 tables, and 3 endnotes.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Labor Force; Futures (of Society); Social Change; Job Skills; Skilled Occupations; Technical Occupations; Skilled Workers; Employment Qualifications; Postsecondary Education; Educational Attainment; Middle Class; Associate Degrees; Education Work Relationship; Labor Supply; Access to Education; Influence of Technology; Employment Opportunities

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The U.S. workforce has undergone significant changes in the past few decades. Increasingly sophisticated technology, changes in the structure of the economy and the growing global marketplace have resulted in employers putting a higher premium than ever on educated workers. Much has been said about the importance of increasing the labor supply for "middle skills jobs," or those jobs that now (compared to decades past) require more than a high school education but less than a bachelor's degree (e.g., associate degree, postsecondary certificate, apprenticeship, etc.). In the past few years, floods of research reports and analyses have explored the growth, demographics, characteristics and importance of middle skills jobs in the United States. This paper seeks to summarize and synthesize that research to help policymakers and advocates understand the research base and its connection to college- and career-ready reforms. If today's students are going to be able to access middle and high skills jobs, they need to graduate from high school with the core knowledge and skills that will prepare them for success in postsecondary education and training--and for success in the careers of their choice. Specifically the paper includes sections on: (1) The Future of the U.S. Workforce; (2) The Mismatch between Workers' Skills, Education Levels and Job Requirements; (3) Many Paths to Education for Middle Skills Jobs; and (4) Middle Skills Jobs and Access to Middle Class Jobs. (Contains 2 figures, 3 tables, and 72 endnotes.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Electronic Equipment; Telecommunications; Employees; Responsibility; Skilled Occupations; Skilled Workers; Paraprofessional Personnel; Work Environment

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In this article, the author talks about the role and functions of a tower technician. A tower technician climbs up the face of telecommunications towers to remove, install, test, maintain, and repair a variety of equipment--from antennas to light bulbs. Tower technicians also build shelters and radiofrequency shields for electronic equipment, lay coaxial and fiber optic cables, and remove pests and weeds. Sometimes, they set supports and stack construction pieces to build the tower itself. Many tower technicians do not work in the occupation long. Some find the work too dangerous, can't cope with the stress of the climbs, or don't like the lengthy travel schedule. Others work in the field temporarily while looking for another job. Consequently, experienced tower technicians often earn excellent job security and are competitively recruited by different companies. Many also find that mastering telecommunications line technologies is exciting and rewarding. Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Careers; Nontraditional Occupations; Scientific Research; Industry; Auto Mechanics; Skilled Occupations; Skilled Workers; Energy; Engineering; Manufacturing; Labor Market

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Many occupations related to electric vehicles are similar to those that help to make and maintain all types of automobiles. But the industry is also adding some nontraditional jobs, and workers' skill sets must evolve to keep up. This article describes careers related to electric vehicles. The first section is about the electric vehicle industry and its growth. The second section describes selected occupations related to electric vehicles, including those in scientific research, engineering, manufacturing, maintenance, and infrastructure development. A third section discusses training for workers interested in electric vehicle jobs. The final section gives sources for more information. Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Wages; American Indians; Metropolitan Areas; Counties; Socioeconomic Influences; Income; Social Differences; American Indian Reservations; Correlation; Skilled Occupations; Unskilled Workers; Employment; Agricultural Occupations; Industry; Salary Wage Differentials; Suburbs

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This article examines the spatial distribution of income inequality and the socioeconomic factors affecting it using spatial analysis techniques across 16,285 block groups, 5,050 tracts, and 618 counties in the western part of the North Central Region of the United States. Different geographic aggregations result in different inequality outcomes, suggesting spatial scale needs to be carefully considered in inequality research. Inequality is spatially clustered in suburban areas of larger metro areas and around Native American reservations in the Dakotas. Higher inequality is associated with better socioeconomic conditions, counter to the social inequality literature but consistent with the inequality growth literature. However, growing inequality is associated with worse socioeconomic outcomes. Results partially support the polarization thesis that declines in industrial sectors and growth in services has caused incomes to diverge. Higher and growing inequality is associated with both low-skill and high-skill services jobs. However, employment in agricultural and industrial sectors experiencing large losses over the past three decades is also linked to higher and growing inequality. This suggests a dual process where many former agricultural and industrial workers are now employed in other sectors at lower wages, while the remaining workers in these sectors earn higher and growing wages. Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Foreign Countries; Educational History; Training; Workplace Learning; Government Role; Public Education; Technical Institutes; Educational Policy; Politics of Education; Graduation Rate; Curriculum Development; Postsecondary Education; Apprenticeships; Federal Government; Vocational Education; Enrollment; College Programs; Skilled Occupations; Educational Trends; Federal State Relationship

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This report traces the development of the workplace apprenticeship system and college-based pre-apprenticeship training in Canada's most western province, British Columbia. The Canadian system is mildly distinctive in an international context and within Canada, British Columbia is increasingly distinctive. Federal government influence has been significant, even though education is a provincial jurisdiction. Government involvement in apprenticeship began in the 1930s, but it was not until the 1960s that federal funding spurred the establishment of a system of public vocational and technical institutions in British Columbia. Tensions in administering trades training developed in the 1970s and 1980s, leading to the establishment of three successive organizations to oversee the system. The report begins chronologically but concludes with short discussions of a series of topics such as completion rates and curriculum development. Some institutions, private as well as public, are briefly described. Some registration statistics itemizing trades are presented but individual trades are beyond the paper's scope. The report synthesizes a wide variety of sources to provide an overview of a poorly studied and often fragmented aspect of postsecondary education. Four appendixes present: (1) Challenges Enumerated by the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum, 2004; (2) Registration Statistics, 1935-2010; (3) Fulltime Equivalent Enrolment, Public Institutions, 1990-2010; and (4) Trades List 2011. A bibliography is included. (Contains 3 footnotes.) [For Volume 4, see ED524626.] Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Foreign Countries; Unemployment; Temporary Employment; Employment Patterns; Labor Market; Risk; Skilled Workers; Comparative Analysis; Economic Change; Social Indicators; Job Skills; Skilled Occupations; Employment Potential; Work Environment; Public Policy; Policy Analysis; Labor Economics; Microeconomics; Economic Impact; Equal Opportunities (Jobs)

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In this article we use comparative micro data for 15 European countries covering the period 1992-2007 to study the impact of labor market reforms on the skill-related individual risk of holding a temporary contract and the risk of being unemployed. Our results indicate no general increase in either of these skill gaps. Using two-step multilevel analyses, we show that in the case of high protection of regular contracts, lowering restrictions on the use of temporary contracts increases the relative temporary employment rates of low-skilled workers. However, this kind of partial deregulation, which has been implemented in the majority of Western European countries, has not translated into decreasing unemployment risks of the low-skilled vis-a-vis medium- and highly-skilled persons. Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Social Change; Career Guidance; Career Planning; Occupations; Careers; Career Choice; Agricultural Occupations; Skilled Occupations; Handicrafts

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This article is an attempt to examine the place and significance of traditional occupations as careers in today's world. The areas of tension and compatibility between ideas and values that signify modernity and the practice of traditional occupations are reviewed. The meaning of "traditional occupations" is unravelled, the potential that traditional occupations in agriculture and crafts offer for building inclusive and sustainable societies is explored, and attention is drawn to the implications of such potential for career guidance practice. Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Postsecondary Education; Skilled Occupations; Industry; Education Work Relationship; Educational Demand; Employment Opportunities; Labor Force; Labor Market; Alignment (Education); Unemployment; Economic Climate; Economic Factors; Social Indicators; Influence of Technology; Competition; Outcomes of Education; Labor Force Development

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No one has had it worse than the Midwest. Job losses in the "great recession" of 2007 spared no region, but the bulk of industries hardest hit were in the Midwestern states. This is the second of a series of reports detailing the job and educational demand prospects for workers, by major census regions. When compared to all other regions, the loss of jobs in the Midwest has been substantial and painful, mostly due to its industrial composition. Because of the continuing decline in manufacturing and agriculture, the Midwest has lost many of its middle-wage, middle-skill level jobs. This "hollowing out" of the middle is, however, more precisely described as a general decline in the demand for less-skilled occupations--and not the decimation of the middle as it is widely interpreted. The authors find that many of these lost jobs that required only a high school education or less and relatively low skills will not come back at all, lost to automation or overseas competitors. The newly created jobs are in occupations such as healthcare, and science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The writing is on the wall: the fastest-growing occupations and industries are those associated with the highest proportions of postsecondary education. The overall demand for postsecondary education and training will continue to grow. This is true not only of high-tech industries, but even in wholesale and retail trade or personal services, where more than 50 percent of the workforce requires some postsecondary education beyond high school. Not all postsecondary education and training, however, will result in good jobs that pay living wages. The states' ability to match postsecondary programs with job opportunities remains underdeveloped. This deficiency contributes to the continuing mismatch between the postsecondary education production system, the actual training that people need to get, and the jobs that are available. Everyone should use information systems to better align education and training with workforce outcomes. Appended are: (1) Midwest Region: Economic Indicators; (2) Midwest States: Unemployment Rates; (3) Real GDP by state (2009 U.S. dollars, in millions); (4) Education Distribution by Industry, 2018; (5) Education Distribution by Occupation, 2018; (6) Largest Employers (by employment numbers) by State; (7) Fastest-Growing Companies by State (Selected Companies); and (8) Detailed Analysis of BLS/Census Discrepancy in Education Requirements of Jobs (Midwest States). A bibliography is included. (Contains 13 tables, 3 figures and 6 footnotes.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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