Friday, October 13, 2017
More Training Needed to Fill New York’s ‘Middle Skill Jobs
It’s widely known that college graduates earn far more money over the professional careers than their peers who only have a high school diploma.
But less attention is paid to the workers in the middle – those who have some education or training beyond high school but have not earned a four-year college degree.
While the “middle skill jobs” that these workers fill may be overlooked, they are a growing part of the New York economy, according to a new report from the New York Association of Training & Employment Professionals, a nonprofit group representing the workforce development community...