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America’s workforce pipeline is in crisis. Here’s how we fix it.

Americans are the best in the world at designing physical things: airplanes, rockets, computers, cars, buildings, and infrastructure. But to our peril as a nation, we’re no longer at full capacity for making them. UpSmith is here to change that. America has a skilled talent crisis. The U.S. skilled labor crisis is a vexing issue. Employers …

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Op-Ed: Innovation is the solution for our skilled labor crisis in Texas

Op-Ed originally published in the Dallas Morning News, September 13, 2022 Today, employers statewide struggle to find qualified skilled workers. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Texas reported over 988,000 job openings in June 2022. These gaps are particularly acute among middle-skill jobs in construction and manufacturing, in roles as diverse as electricians to aircraft production technicians. …

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