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The skills gap is back. Has it ever been real?

May 20, 2025

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13 min read

The skills gap is back. Has it ever been real?

The theory that some employers and the Trump Administration can't let go.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
IRAPs 2.0, Labor Secretary says workforce cuts aren't cuts, and $1 billion in grants listings.
LockSimple

May 16, 2025

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23 min read

IRAPs 2.0, Labor Secretary says workforce cuts aren't cuts, and $1 billion in grants listings.

Plus, more predictions on what will happen to federal jobs programs.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
The Trump order not on the same page with its workforce consolidation plan.
LockSimple

May 15, 2025

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2 min read

The Trump order not on the same page with its workforce consolidation plan.

Plus, one way the Trump Administration could try to implement its consolidation plan without Congress' help.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
You're working the wrong job, the Trump Administration thinks.

May 13, 2025

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11 min read

You're working the wrong job, the Trump Administration thinks.

The MAGA jobs thinking that insists longtime office workers need factory jobs and mines, and its potential congressional consequences.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
The jobs programs in trouble, delicious corn-based recipes, and $1 billion in grants listings.
LockSimple

May 9, 2025

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20 min read

The jobs programs in trouble, delicious corn-based recipes, and $1 billion in grants listings.

Plus, why NSF grants are bad bets right now.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
We're killing jobs programs for this cool new reason.
LockSimple

May 8, 2025

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2 min read

We're killing jobs programs for this cool new reason.

What to know after the end of probably the best workforce program in the federal government.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
The killer app for good jobs.

May 6, 2025

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9 min read

The killer app for good jobs.

One weird trick for helping employers and workers get ahead.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
Trump budget cuts would merge workforce programs, kill Job Corps, and reduce older workers' opportunities.
LockSimple

May 2, 2025

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1 min read

Trump budget cuts would merge workforce programs, kill Job Corps, and reduce older workers' opportunities.

The chainsaw is back out.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
Holding up new workforce cash, handing the keys to employers, and $1.2 billion in grants listings.
LockSimple

May 2, 2025

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20 min read

Holding up new workforce cash, handing the keys to employers, and $1.2 billion in grants listings.

Plus: a Trump budget and the missing pieces in Congress' student aid redo.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
College isn't the problem. It's everything else.

Apr 29, 2025

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8 min read

College isn't the problem. It's everything else.

The big challenges that could get worse as part of the Trump Administration's war on 'college for all.'

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
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