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June 21, 2010

Report: Shortage of skilled workers looming

By The Mainebiz News Staff

A national study published by Georgetown University predicts that Maine will not have the skilled workers needed for the jobs available in 2018.

John Dorrer, director of the Maine Department of Labor's Center for Work Force Research & Information, told Capitol News Service the study indicates 59% of all jobs in Maine by 2018 will require education beyond high school. Maine will need 136,000 workers with a two-year degree and 128,000 with a four-year degree, according to the study, which looked at the nation and individual states. The number of jobs for workers with post-secondary degrees is expected to jump by 15,000 to 396,000 jobs in 2018, while jobs for high school graduates could rise by only 2,000 in the same time period.

Dorrer told Capitol News Service that the need for workers without a degree to receive industry certification will continue to increase, according to the news service.

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