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According to the report, the number of jobs in Hawaiʻi will increase from 591,000 in 2021 to 624,000 in 2031, with an average of 72,000 job openings annually, from new jobs and jobs that open for other reasons, most frequently retirement.

Of the 72,000 annual job openings projected for Hawaiʻi, 51,000 will be for workers with postsecondary credentials.

Seventy percent of all jobs in Hawaiʻi in 2031 will require postsecondary education beyond high school and 36% will require at least a bachelorʻs degree, according to a new report by Georgetown University, “After Everything: Projections of Jobs, Education, and Training Requirements through 2031.”

Newly-elected Mayor Angie Nelson Deuitch has spent the past few weeks rolling out her new leadership team.

"Transformative" is the word often used to describe the Lithium Valley, a massive lithium extraction/processing project in California, near the Mexico border. But the project faces numerous challenges in 2024, including its own jobs perplex.

LSU Eunice, Ochsner Lafayette General and Acadiana Workforce Solutions will officially unveil its Respiratory Therapy Apprenticeship Customized Training Program.

The buildings official grand opening is set for Oct. 12.

One North Dakotan is making strides in her career, going where no other North Dakotan has gone in this role.

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S. Carolina to end unemployment checks, calls labor shortage severe Robert Besser Governor Henry McMaster has ordered all federal pandemic-related unemployment programs to be ended. McMaster has said federal aid checks are responsible for the states labor shortage. McMaster called for ending federal benefits on June 30, saying they pose "a clear and present danger" to the health of the states businesses and economy. COLUMBIA, South Carolina - In a bid to end the states labor shortage, Governor ...