Growing shortages of blue-collar workers are the result of “converging demographic, educational, and economic trends in the U.S. economy.” (Photo: Shutterstock)
It's literally been decades since it was harder to find blue-collar workers than white-collar workers, but that's the current state of affairs in this tight job market.
A new analysis by The Conference Board predicts that growing blue-collar labor shortages will continue in 2019 and even after. In addition, companies can expect growing shortages in sectors that include transportation, health care support, manufacturing, agriculture, mining and construction.
The news could be good for workers, though, since the report also says that in addition to increasing wages, companies may have to expand their pools of potential workers.
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Marlene Satter
Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.
