Jobs have, understandably, been an especially hot topic over the last year and a half. For much of 2020, the lack of jobs — and the skyrocketing unemployment that resulted — made headlines. Since vaccines became readily available in the spring, the conversation has shifted to the glut of job openings and the various reasons why some people still remain out of the workforce.
The problem, as with the others that we’ve covered in episodes #1 and #2 of the Force Multiplier podcast, is nuanced and multi-faceted. Hesitancy to work in customer-facing jobs during a global pandemic, homeschooling children who are still learning virtually, and the unequal burden that falls on women to keep a household functioning when seemingly nothing else is, are all good explanations for why many aren’t returning to work. But one reason that isn’t talked about, debated, and headlined like the others is workforce development.
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