Connecting Workers to Future Jobs
July 18, 2019
A new report that analyzes by county and city how US workers will fare as technology advances concludes, among other things, that new methods, especially online tools, will be needed to connect displaced workers with other rewarding jobs. In Issues, a researcher who studies economic competitiveness has offered a blueprint for how the government “through modest investments” can build a nationwide data system that will help workers—as well as policy-makers, employers, and educators—make sound labor market decisions.