Skills in the News.
Read news from across the country about the need to prepare America's future and current workers for jobs in the middle of the skilled labor market.
Watch the latest video coverage of these issues in the media.
2012
Greater Cleveland manufacturers testing new strategies to fight skills gap | Cleveland.com, 01.28.2012
President’s ‘fair shot’ an elusive goal for some job seekers | Southtown Star, 01.24.2012
2011
Chicago's Plan to Match Education With Jobs | Wall Street Journal, 12.19.2011
Middle-skill jobs will revive the state | Boston Globe, 11.01.2011
On the job hunt: Unfilled jobs across America, are you qualified? | Fox News, 08.30.2011
Tough calculus as technical schools face deep cuts | New York Times, 07.09.2011
‘Skills gap’ leaves firms without worker pipeline | Associated Press, 06.30.2011
Fridley firm gets nod from president | Minneapolis Star Tribune, 06.16.2011
The great jobs mismatch | Washington Post, 06.19.2011
Educators, employers lament ‘skills gap’ hampering R.I. job-seekers | Providence Journal, 06.14.2011
Cantwell aims to restore job-training funds | The Seattle Times, 06.13.2011
Budget cuts hindering economic recovery | The Hill, 06.09.2011
Want better economy? Fill skills gap | Politico, 06.09.2011
Job training funds shouldn’t be reduced now | Market Watch, 06.01.2011
America's skilled worker shortage | Manufacturing.Net, 03.14.2011
Manufacturing partnership links business and education together | New Hampshire Business Review, 03.11.2011
Millions of jobs, not enough skilled workers to fill them | The Boston Channel, 03.09.2011
Skill Set | Build Indiana Magazine, January-February 2011
Why does Fresno have thousands of job openings—and high unemployment? | The Washington Post, 02.02.2011
Skills pay bills: Trade jobs expected to remain relevant | The News Messenger, 01.17.2011
2010
‘Sensible’ act vital to spread of jobs | Bangor Daily News, 12.12.2010
Leveraging Michigan's talent focus of Nov. 9 job-creation conference | Crain's Detroit, 10.29.2010
Proposed program would train, place workers in high-tech jobs | Dayton Daily News, 09.24.2010
Apprenticeship programs expand With help of community colleges | Chronicle of Higher Education, 09.19.2010
How to train workers for real jobs | CNN, 09.03.2010
Mass. needs to expand support of 'middle-skill' jobs | Mass High Tech Business, 08.18.2010
Training for jobs still essential for employment | Des Moines Register, 08.10.2010
Sector initiatives help job seekers | Press Republican, 08.08.2010
Training crucial to labor market | Politico, 07.26.2010
We're ready to hire, but there's a shortage of workers with the right skills | Pioneer Press, 07.24.2010
Training needed for mid-level jobs, study says | Boston Globe, 07.14.2010
Skilled labor a promising option for career path | Spokesman Review, 07.06.2010
Factory jobs return, but employers find skills shortage | New York Times, 07.01.2010
Va. jobs will require more education | Associated Press, 06.24.2010
Schooling key to recovery | Boston Business Journal, 05.27.2010
Degrees of speed: Millions of unemployed Americans need to upgrade their skills, fast. | Washington Monthly, May-June 2010
Should more people skip college? | The Atlantic, 05.19.2010
Plan B: Skip college | New York Times, 05.14.2010
In a job market realignment, some left behind | New York Times, 05.12.2010
Community Colleges: Our work has just begun | Chronicle of Higher Education, 04.14.2010
Jobless dropouts head back to school for basic skills | Washington Post, 04.13.2010
High-achieving students sailing through life without a degree | Guardian UK, 04.12.2010
The training imperative | Industry Week, 03.17.2010
Unemployed for six months or more – and still looking for a job | Christian Science Monitor, 01.29.2010
Seeking middle ground: Certification, two-year programs open career paths | Chicago Tribune, 01.15.2010
