Media Coverage
The Rising Storm
Lightcast's The Rising Storm report focusing on the looming labor shortage in the US has gotten a ton of attention from the media.

Media Coverage and Key Highlights from The Rising Storm

America's Population Time Bomb
Experts have warned of a
"silver tsunami" as
America's population undergoes a huge demographic shift in the...

Think Twice About Touting This Economy
Baby Boomers are retiring en masse. And parts of the financial sector are cutting jobs, but unemployment isn't rising.

US Faces a Deficit of 6 Million Workers in Less Than a Decade
Population seen growing at much faster pace than workforce. Mismatch between change in labor force and jobs in high...
Scripps News syndicated this interview with Ron Hetrick, lead author of "The Rising Storm," in over 70 television markets.

A looming 'demographic cliff'
Fewer college students and ultimately fewer graduates—U.S. colleges face enrollment drop

More Than 4 Million Older Workers Have Left the...More Than 4 Million Older Workers Have Left the...
As older employees retire, they are set to create more job openings than younger generations can fill, according to a...

Companies attitudes towards layoffs are...
Companies aren't as quick on the layoff trigger these days.

Builders Warn Deportation Would Drive Up Home....
Many contrctors say they can’t afford to lose more people from an aging, immigrant-dependent workforce still short of nearly 400,000 people....

The Labor Shortage Is Not Going Away
An aging populace and anti-immigration policies are poised to aggravate a critical economic
problem.

The Rising Storm: Business Leaders navigate America'....
Labor force participation has leveled off. Yet many business attitudes developed when labor was abundant.

The U.S. is facing its largest labor shortage in history
There's a massive labor shortage on the horizon and employers must act now in order to have enough skilled workers t...

The Great Shrinking of the U.S. Workforce
It's no secret that workers are in short supply in many fields-even those that pay well. This problem isn't cyclical, b...

Labor Shortage Projections Point to Dramatic..
Managing labor
shortages may be a core issue for employers in the future and it is in their
best interest to work on...

Creating a Future-Ready Workforce
Learn how labor market information and can help institutions of higher education advance strategic priorities.

Sarasota's Labor Market May See Big Shortages
With fewer young people available to provide services to the older population who are still consuming services, the challenge of filling those...






