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The Hunt for Qualified Workers.
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- Author(s): Majcher, Kristin
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MIT Technology Review. Nov/Dec2014, Vol. 117 Issue 6, p68-69. 2p. 1 Diagram.
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The article focuses on labor demands for qualified workers in the U.S. and plans for a public-private skilled labor training program. It states the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports as of June 2013, 302,000 manufacturing jobs were unfilled and mentions shortages in jobs such as pipe fitters, welders, and machinists. It comments that conglomerate corporation Siemens has donated manufacturing software to colleges and plans to hire over 7,000 people in the information technology field by 2020.
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