The demand for electricians will only grow in the next decade as the U.S. electrical grid retools to accommodate renewable energy, off-grid power banks for homes and businesses and the growing prevalence of electric cars…
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Los Angeles-Orange County Demographics, Cost-of-Living and 2023 Salary Data
Droves of people are leaving California in general and LA specifically to escape the high cost of living and scarce housing stock. This is the biggest labor market story in California; how can businesses compete…
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Skillset Metro Spotlight: Demographics & Salaries for 250+ Positions in Dallas-Ft. Worth
The Dallas-Ft. Worth region is one of the fastest-growing job markets in the U.S., welcoming hundreds of thousands of people from Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and coastal cities as they flee the high cost…
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The Math is Clear: You Need SkillsetGroup as a Staffing Partner
There has literally never been a better time to partner with SkillsetGroup staffing and consulting firm; just do the math. Here at SkillsetGroup, we’re doing labor market research constantly to make sure we’re getting the…
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How Do You Switch Careers Between Aerospace and Medical Devices?
Here in the skilled labor and engineering divisions at SkillsetGroup, we often see candidates making a career transition in engineering back and forth between aerospace industry and the medical device manufacturing industries. Workers have always…
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How to List a Second Language on Your Resume
In SkillsetGroup’s home territory, the U.S. Southwest, bilingual Spanish speakers are common. The greater LA area is also host to many who speak Vietnamese, Chinese and other Asian languages, as well as smaller neighborhoods with…
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SkillsetByte: Worker Satisfaction Can Increase a Company’s Stock Value
In recent decades, US stock market performance seems divorced from what’s happening to the average worker. This is for a variety of reasons, but it’s clear that strong human capital and worker satisfaction can raise…
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SkillsetByte: Could Cannabis Deregulation Spark Job Growth?
The cannabis industry is booming in the states where it’s legal, employing hundreds of thousands and racking up billions in sales. Industry groups hope this economic activity will spur lawmakers to update federal regulations on…
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BizByte COVID Update: ‘Covid is an Issue, but the Problem is Staffing’
Though the latest COVID variants are dangerous and can be deadly in some cases, experts say the real problem in the labor market now is staffing shortages — especially in the healthcare sector. SkillsetGroup produces…
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BizByte: Upheavals at Facebook, Twitter Roil Tech Market
Three of the largest social media companies, Facebook, Twitter and Google, employ a combined total of over 235k people with even more in the industry at large. As Facebook shifts its focus to the metaverse…
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