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Registered apprenticeships are having a moment. The Biden administration wants there to be more.
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The programs meet Department of Labor standards and have been around since the 1930s.
The freelance economy has grown since the start of the pandemic
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Upwork’s latest study found that amid the Great Resignation, more professionals are considering freelance work in the future.
Infrastructure plan highlights shortage of skilled workers
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The job-creating infrastructure package is being debated at a time when millions of skilled blue-collar workers are nearing retirement.
Limits on work visas could send more jobs overseas
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Trump’s executive order restricting foreign workers could have unintended economic effects.
Business schools raise alarm about H-1B visas
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There are fewer international students, a letter to Congress and the Trump administration says, and that could have long-term economic implications.
Foreign workers with advanced degrees from American schools may have an easier time getting work visas
The Trump administration is retooling the lottery for H-1B visas.
New survey finds trade skill jobs least desirable among students
Thousands of high school seniors graduating this month will begin the process of choosing a career, or at least thinking about one. The Boy Scouts of America, through its coed career development program, aims to align those choices with future in-demand jobs. But a new BSA survey produced a surprising result — young people aren’t […]
With full employment in view, who’s still looking for work?
We’re getting awfully close to what economists call full employment. It means that unemployment is low enough that everyone who wants a job can pretty much find one. So if you push the unemployment rate a whole lot lower, you start to get imbalances in the economy, like acute labor shortages in some sectors and […]
Low unemployment in New Hampshire creates a labor shortage
Todd Bookman
Companies in the state are finding it hard to attract skilled and unskilled workers.
Stopping German students in their tracks?
Germany's controversial sorting system determines early on who goes to college.

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