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Manufacturing Skills Gap Widens in the Wake of COVID-19

A new study by Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute says the pandemic erased 1.4 million U.S. manufacturing jobs. And, even as the industry rebounds, the remaining unfilled jobs could cost the U.S. economy $1 trillion.

Over the past six years, the manufacturing industry successfully added about 600,000 jobs,  making some headway toward solving its biggest challenge of attracting and retaining a quality workforce.