A new report highlights the challenges rural workers face in accessing employment opportunities and maintaining their careers due to limited infrastructure and a lack of focus on national and global job markets.
The Generating Rural Opportunities in the Workforce report, a joint effort by the University of Phoenix Career Institute and the Center on Rural Innovation, found that workers living in rural areas are more than twice as likely to feel limited in their employment opportunities , 35% compared to 14% for folks living in cities and suburbs.Nearly 70% of rural workers would leave their community to pursue employment, compared to just over half of workers in urban and suburban areas.
And the rise of the “knowledge economy” and increase in technological jobs has had a disproportionately negative impact on people living in rural areas, she said. Raghu Krishnaiah, the chief operating officer for University of Phoenix, said there’s an employment cliff looming for companies across the country. The big baby boomer generation has reached retirement age.“I think demand for being able to access that is actually increasing even among employers,” he said.
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