Maine has lost more than 20,000 employees since the pandemic started. Fixing this will take a combination of strategies and years of work.
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Maine companies turn to automation as labor shortage persists
Automating functions isn’t always aimed at reducing staff, but it helps when human workers are harder to find.
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Immigrants may hold a key to solving Maine’s labor shortage
As more people leave the state’s workforce than enter it, new Mainers may play a vital role in filling the gaps.
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A wave of older workers was already headed into retirement. The pandemic worsened things.
The coronavirus exacerbated Maine’s labor shortage. Most of the people who have left the state’s workforce since early 2020 were early retirees.
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Where have all the workers gone? And when will they return?
Short answer: Most of them won’t. The past two years have upended the job market and created a vast labor shortage. It won’t improve anytime soon.
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Thirteen Mainers talk about why they made a job change
Employers have struggled to fill positions since the pandemic upended Maine’s workforce