Mapping Trends & Challenges in States
Technology: Advances in technology including automation and artificial intelligence have displaced some workers, even while creating new economic opportunities that require higher levels of skills and education.
Skills: There are increasing concerns that today’s education and training systems are not keeping up with new needs for skills and education.
Work: New technology has prompted a shift in how work is structured, leading to a rise in part-time work, contract work, contingent work, “gig” work, and other non-traditional types of employment.
Demographics: An increasingly aging workforce, changes in the composition of the workforce, and a decline in geographic mobility has put significant strains on some communities, and some industries in particular.
Montana Governor Steve Bullock, 2018-2019 NGA Chair, formally begins the national conversation with governors at the launch of Good Jobs for All Americans at the Closing Plenary of the 2018 NGA Summer Meeting on July 21 in Santa Fe, New Mexico
STATES BY THE NUMBERS
Download the ESRI report prepared for the 2019 NGA Winter Meeting
Success Strategies
1. Workforce of the Future: Positioning State Economies for Success
Changing technology and demographics can significantly affect the nature of work and the skills needed by future employees. However, governors that capitalize on these changes to enable youth to find pathways to good jobs can position their economies for success.
2. Second Acts: Reskilling Mid-Career Workers for Success
Many mid-career workers have suffered economic displacement as a result of these trends. Opportunities to re-skill and up-skill in the face of a changing economy can ensure their continued access to and success in the labor market.
3. Rural Resurgence: Empowering the Rural Workforce
With declining populations, limited access to educational opportunities, and/or poor quality digital and physical infrastructure, rural communities are increasingly separated from economic success By investing in rural economic development and workforce participation, governors can strengthen this backbone of society.
