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business backgrounder | education & workforce
Workforce Solutions that Work
Finding the right workers is getting harder, but employers
can create their own solutions.
Andrew Lenderman
Public and private researchers have confirmed what Washington employers have been saying
for years: The labor market is tight. AWB sponsored its second-annual Workforce Summit in
March, and an incredibly strong lineup of business and education leaders showed Washington
employers how they can create their own solutions to workforce challenges.
At A Glance
For the first time in two
decades, the number of
available jobs equaled the
number of unemployed
workers, underscoring the
tightness of the labor market.
Employers can address
workforce solutions by
partnering with schools and
other nonprofits to build their
own labor pipeline.
Educators play a fundamental
role in preparing