New York's Forgotten Middle-Skill Jobs, March 2011

The National Skills Coalition authored this report as part of the Skills2Compete campaign, which focuses on identifying gaps in the skills of the workforce and the state’s training and education policies. In particular, middle skills jobs account for half of the current jobs in New York, which include jobs that require a high school diploma but not a four-year degree. This paper calls for attention to training people to fill middle skills jobs but also training people who are already in the workforce to fill these roles as well.