By Kim Hart | Axios
Cities and companies need the same thing: skilled workers.
Driving the news: The metro areas that are more likely to benefit from a skilled workforce have populations that are less inclined to get additional education, per the Strada-Gallup Education Consumer Survey.
That’s a big problem when you consider how many low- and mid-skilled jobs are expected to be wiped out by automation.
What they’re saying: “The coming crisis centers around workforce availability as the baby boomer generation retires and takes a massive cut out of the labor pool, coupled with disruption from AI and machine learning,” Chris Camacho, president and CEO of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council, told Axios. “There’s a need for companies to scale technical training in the midst of a massive workforce shift.”
