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Making It a Priority: How State Workforce Goals and Higher Education Align
In order to ensure that a state's workforce development infrastructure is prepared to support their workforce needs, states seek to understand and publicize the jobs that will be in future demand. Occupational projections provide a glimpse into aggregate, long-term trends, but states seek more targeted information to align their supply of workers to meet any imminent shifts in demand. Since there is no national standard for how states determine these high-demand jobs, the criteria they choose provide insight into a state's economic and policy goals. Our analysis of the Fifth District shows ...
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Who's Moving In? The Changing Age Composition of Migration to the Carolinas
The Carolinas are attracting movers at various life stages, from students and professionals building careers in major metros like Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina, and Greenville, South Carolina, to retirees seeking coastal and mountain living. But over the last decade, the age profile of these movers has changed: Adults ages 55 and older now make up a noticeably larger share of migrants. This shift in age composition is not uniform, however. Counties differ widely in the direction and magnitude of these shifts.The scale of migration to the Carolinas makes these shifts consequential. ...