Texas, like the nation, has more job openings than unemployed people, and while that shows up in an impressively low unemployment rate, it’s a real problem for employers.
The challenge for most of the 482,000 Texans looking for work is a lack of appropriate skills. Getting people trained would lift the economy for all of us.
Automation, new tools and advanced techniques can change so quickly that a new worker’s training is obsolete before they graduate, said Beth Cobert, CEO of the Skillful Initiative at The Markle Foundation, which seeks to address economic problems.
