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While many sectors have steadily regained employment following the COVID-19 recession, the childcare service workforce continues to face a significant shortfall. In this article, we use data from the North Carolina Common Follow-up System (CFS) to show the shortfall in childcare service employment can be primarily attributed to increased worker outflows among younger childcare workers to other higher-paying industries or out of the workforce altogether.
Which industries in North Carolina are most exposed to automation related employment disruptions? What does industry automation exposure mean for workers, workforce and economic development leaders, policymakers, and businesses? This piece examines these questions by applying automation exposure data at the industry level.
In October, not seasonally adjusted unemployment rates increased in 99 of North Carolina's 100 counties.
North Carolina's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased from September’s revised rate of 3.6 percent.
NCcareers.org raises awareness of different careers for all North Carolinians by providing access to career information
In September, not seasonally adjusted unemployment rates decreased in 99 of North Carolina's 100 counties.
Recent American Community Survey (ACS) data for 2021 provide insights into youth engagement in North Carolina over the past two years.
North Carolina's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased from August’s revised rate of 3.5 percent.
A recent LEAD presentation to a Triad-area health care workforce group offers insights on economic trends in the health care industry.
Previous research has predicted that technological progress will cause widespread unemployment by replacing human laborers with machines, while other more recent analyses stress that automation may lead to disruptions for some occupations but finds widespread destruction of jobs unlikely. This analysis examines automation’s potential risk to North Carolina’s labor market, finding that automation will disrupt employment in some occupations but machines are unlikely to replace large segments of human labor.