The global skills shortage battle is taking place with organisations like Korn Ferry in it’s report ‘ Future Skills : The Global Talent Crunch ” prediciting a deficit of 82.2 million workers worldwide by 2030 costing $ 8.452 trillion in unrealised productivity as a direct result of this labour shortage.
The USA can expect to lose out on $ 162.25 billion due to skills shortages in the Tech sector alone and by 2020 there will be a surplus of 1.4 million software development jobs according to USA Today.
In New York City for example the list of skills shortages is growing every day with the LinkedIn top 10 skills in most demand as follows,
. Sales
. Healthcare
. Ecology & Environment Science
. Infrastructure & System Managment
. Education & Teaching
. Employee Training & Development
. Mechanical & Aerospace
. Marketing & Event Management
. Community Outreach & Development
, Retail Store Operations.
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In Boston the tight labour market is have a significant impact with the Massachusetts economy approaching full capacity due to the lack of talent in the State and a real fear that unless creative solutions are developed that the economy will be unable to grow.
After significant research by LinkedIn the top 10 cities in the USA with the largest skills gaps are,
- San Francisco Bay Area ca
- Washington DC
- Austin TX
- New York City NY
- los Angeles CA
- Seattle WA
- Houston TX
- Miami – Ft. Lauderdale FL
- Raleigh – Durham NC
- Boston MA
A key solution to the skills gap issue is for people to move to cities where their skills are in high demand as this results in attractive compensation packages swell as meeting skills shortages as the arise.
Back 4 Good will be rolling out our unique concept in each of the top 10 skills gaps cities over the next year along with the cities in the US that are keen to get their own Back 4 Good up and running .
If you wish to return home to the USA send your details to info@back4good.org and we will take it from there for you.
if you are an employer or state or voluntary organisation looking for talent contact greg@back4good.org to sign up for the campaign.