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It’s no surprise to people in the trades that there is a shortage of workers. Workforce shortages have been plaguing the trades for over a decade. While the…

Once upon a time it was almost unheard of for a woman to be a welder, pipefitter or construction laborer. When women were employed in the trades, they…

The youngest members of the baby boom generation are 56 years old in 2020. This means that over the next decade many of them will retire, taking with…

There is a mismatch between our educational systems and our workforce needs. It isn’t that American schools or colleges are failing, rather it’s the persistent “college for all”…

Data can tell us interesting things about the workforce and help us make decisions about where to spend our efforts in recruiting. The following is a summary of…