At this very moment 6.5 million jobs are going unfilled in the United States. That's the equivalent of a job for every person in Los Angeles and Chicago combined. Why all these open jobs?
It's the skills gap.
A Pew study from June found that 65 percent of Americans think our students aren't getting the skills they need to succeed in the workplace. Clearly they're right, since U.S. employers can't find candidates with current, relevant skills to fill these jobs.
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