Better training could help fill technical jobs:
"California must improve adult education and community college programs to help laid-off workers retrain for technical positions that will open up in the next several years due mainly to retirements, according to a report issued Monday."
The study, titled "California's Forgotten Middle-Skill Jobs," uses federal data to look at current and projected employment in the state.
It divides jobs into three categories: 25 percent that can be done with a high-school diploma, 35 percent that require a bachelor's degree or higher, and 40 percent that require a post-high-school certificate or two-year degree.
Issued by a coalition including labor and business interests, the report looks at what it will take to retrain adults already in the workforce for that 40 percent of middle-skills occupations such as licensed vocational nursing, heating and air-conditioning installation, and paralegal work.
Although the report comes at a time when high unemployment has created a glut of workers, it anticipates that when the economy recovers in a few years, employers could be hobbled by a shortage of skilled technicians.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/20/BUFF1A6FAI.DTL#ixzz0UUbHCSOn
"California must improve adult education and community college programs to help laid-off workers retrain for technical positions that will open up in the next several years due mainly to retirements, according to a report issued Monday."
The study, titled "California's Forgotten Middle-Skill Jobs," uses federal data to look at current and projected employment in the state.
It divides jobs into three categories: 25 percent that can be done with a high-school diploma, 35 percent that require a bachelor's degree or higher, and 40 percent that require a post-high-school certificate or two-year degree.
Issued by a coalition including labor and business interests, the report looks at what it will take to retrain adults already in the workforce for that 40 percent of middle-skills occupations such as licensed vocational nursing, heating and air-conditioning installation, and paralegal work.
Although the report comes at a time when high unemployment has created a glut of workers, it anticipates that when the economy recovers in a few years, employers could be hobbled by a shortage of skilled technicians.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/20/BUFF1A6FAI.DTL#ixzz0UUbHCSOn
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