"Industries throughout the American economy are reporting shortages of highly skilled and properly trained workers. Even for the most critical of these industries, challenges in maintaining a ..."

"During the pandemic, women in New Jersey were more likely to be unemployed than male workers in the state. Three years later that is no longer the case. Prior to the onset of the pandemic in early ..."

"Despite greater economic uncertainty, turnover in the labor market remained at record levels throughout 2022 as New Jersey experienced record highs in both job openings and the number of workers ..."

"Record-high unemployment caused by the pandemic began to recede in 2021, but new obstacles continued to challenge New Jersey’s economic recovery. Unemployment: Although unemployment in New ..."

"Aging baby boomers, increased life expectancy, and falling birth rates are driving up the average age of the nation’s population, and in turn, its workforce. By 2060, the US Bureau of ..."

"ISSUE 2 | March 2022 Previously released in April 2021, Focus NJ's 2020 Economic Review: An Annual Review of New Jersey's Economy has been updated to include revised figures which were preliminary ..."

"As businesses were forced to close and curtail services to stem the spread of COVID-19 in early 2020, overall unemployment in New Jersey jumped from 3.8% to 16.6% between March and April. Early ..."

"While previous economic downturns have motivated Americans to bolster their education credentials, the COVID-19 pandemic has not had the same effect.   Insights provided by the National Student ..."

"While far removed from the full-scale lockdowns and business restrictions of 2020, New Jersey’s employment figures continue to signal a sluggish recovery.  Just 65% of the approximately 717,000 ..."

"A year and half into the pandemic, as a sense of normalcy is returning to the Garden State, New Jersey’s employment numbers and unemployment rate are making an unhurried recovery. Employment in ..."