A new study finds Ohio鈥檚 workforce overall is lacking qualifications for some of the most in-demand jobs. has created its second Aligning Opportunities Job Report to better define the needs of the job market in the state.
, vice president of strategy and research at Team NEO, believes this research is the first step in making the region more competitive.
鈥淧articularly as it relates to health care, IT and manufacturing, we鈥檙e finding there is a great deal of demand from employers for those types of workers. But we haven鈥檛 necessarily done a good job of pushing people toward those occupations in terms of what they are getting credentialed. So we found that there is misalignment between the needs of employers and the types of degrees being conferred,鈥� said Duritsky.
Duritsky hopes the findings will be helpful in career planning and encourage communication between educators and businesses to better prepare people for the job market.Loading...
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