Study: Jobs in “Social Sector” to Grow By 2018
Social sector jobs include employment in health care and social assistance, educational services, and nonprofit community and religious groups, the study said. There will be 6.9 million new jobs in this sector by 2018, the study said.
Filling them could be more difficult because the Baby Boom generation is retiring and the size of subsequent generations is smaller. “The projected labor shortage could limit the growth of the social sector, affecting critical services, including health care, social assistance, education and government,” the research report said.| Leave A Comment