Where the jobs will be: libraries and the seas

Those professions, along with occupational therapists, plant operators and scores of others, are likely to report significant deficits of qualified workers over the next 15 years or so, according to a report coming out Tuesday from the Conference Board. The corporate-research organization examined the risk of labor shortages in 464 occupations, projecting shortfalls for a majority of them. Nearly 10 million Americans are unemployed so it may seem premature to worry about labor shortages. Evidence of the dynamic is scant at the moment, said Gary Burtless, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, a nonpartisan think tank, even in occupations with low unemployment or where retirement ages skew younger.

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