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H1 2023 worker shortages

Workers are scarce in several critical areas.  States and the federal government have cut aid to post-secondary education.  Now what?  The pandemic has changed much, but it typically takes time for major paradigm changes to propagate our grey matter.  It… Continue Reading →

H1 2023, Workforce Development

How do we strengthen the workforce and attract talent when student debt is so high and we have lost teachers and experts during the “Great Resignation”?  As mentioned in Part Three, Trulia, a subsidiary of the Zillow group, has put… Continue Reading →

Some quick thoughts on the employment numbers

We’ve expounded before on the transformation of employment in the U.S. in our June 3, 2019 blog and today’s figures continue the trend in movement towards more lower-paid service-providing jobs and away from manufacturing/goods producing.  Two observations we would like to comment on today.   First, in the municipal market, “new… Continue Reading →

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