Despite an 8.6 percent growth projection of 169,000 jobs in Northeast Ohio over the next eight years and the fact that there are currently “fewer than 150,000 unemployed people in the region,” economic development agency Team Northeast Ohio (Team NEO) predicts that many in the region will still struggle to find work because the growth will occur in more highly skilled vocations, The Plain Dealer reports. Industries expected to add the most jobs to the area are health care, scientific and technical fields, construction and finance, while increased production efficiency in the region’s manufacturing sector will be responsible for less job growth in that once dominant sector, the article said. For more, read the full story and the Team NEO third quarterly 2012 economic review.
Northeast Ohio is expecting job growth in more highly skilled vocations
