From the Bangor Daily News
Fifty-nine percent of Maine jobs will require some form of postsecondary training by 2018, according to the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. Yet in 2010, U.S. Census Bureau data show, just 37.2 percent of Maine’s 25- to 34-year-olds held a postsecondary degree, be it a four-year degree, an associate degree or a specialized skills certificate.
A specially appointed legislative committee this spring is weighing a multipronged approach to closing that “skills gap” and developing Maine’s workforce so businesses can expand by more easily finding workers with the qualifications they need to fill key openings.
