Filling Gaps In The Labor Pool By 'Reskilling America'

By Steve Kraske,

Published May 3, 2016 at 12:58 PM CDT

Some middle-skill jobs in America, which can provide good pay, remain unfilled because job seekers don't have the necessary training. Meanwhile, many people struggle to find promising job opportunities. Today's guests think programs offering technical and vocational education can help bridge that gap.

Guests:

Katherine Newman is provost of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and the co-author of Reskilling America: Learning to Labor in the Twenty-First Century.
Susie Goldsmith is assistant director of the Fort Osage Career & Technology Center in Independence, Mo.

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