Our Future Workforce Our Future Workforce The Workforce Boards of Metropolitan Chicago have issued the Middle-Skill Job Opportunities in the Metropolitan Chicago Region report which provides information on opportunities in middle-skill jobs in the metropolitan Chicago region. Middle-skill jobs are defined as those jobs that require some training and/or education beyond high school but less than a bachelor's degree. The report provides information specific to the region's middle-skill job opportunities, educational/training requirements, and anticipated earnings. This report builds on information presented in America's Forgotten Middle-Skill Jobs which examines issues related to the future demand for a middle-skilled labor force.
The Workforce Boards of Metropolitan Chicago have issued the Our Future Workforce report for the purposes of providing specific information on the metropolitan Chicago region's future workforce - its youth. Information is examined in the context of today's youth becoming tomorrow's workforce and issues that impact their acquisition of the knowledge, skills, and experience needed for future high demand occupations.
Employment projections indicate that the jobs of tomorrow will require higher science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skill levels supported with lifelong learning. The Workforce Boards of Metropolitan Chicago have issued the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Skills:The Foundation for a Highly Skilled Workforce report for the purpose of providing specific information on the metropolitan Chicago region's growing need to increase STEM skills of its current and future workforce.
The Workforce Boards of Metropolitan Chicago have released a report entitled Impact of a Maturing Workforce. The report presents data on the metropolitan Chicago region's workforce that is 55 years and older and encourages employers to be proactive in preparing for future skill shortages.