Perfecting matches in US manufacturing jobs, including with AI and ML

There has been a great deal of talk about a supposed skills gap in US manufacturing. The bigger and more accurate story however, per a new report by Nextrade CEO Kati Suominen for CSIS and Arconic Foundation, a mismatch problems in manufacturing labor markets that keep qualified workers from being optimally sorted into jobs.

This report lays out several frictions that keep qualified and available American workers from becoming hired by American manufacturers and puts forth ideas for both manufacturers and the public sector to make the marriages between qualified workers and best-fit jobs happen and work.