Outsourcing apprenticeship policy to states, UBI, and $52 billion in grants listings.
Plus, building workforce development in manufacturing and answering your questions about federal layoff impacts on grants.
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Shutdown: still occurring, and an offer to tell your story.
I don’t have any good news—or much in the way of news—on the shutdown this week. I have heard of things looking dire for workforce programs on the ground. My understanding is folks are reluctant to talk about it both to avoid spooking staff and drawing ire from lawmakers or the Trump Administration.
That’s understandable, but I don’t want the costs—to workers or the organizations serving them—to go untold. Following in the footsteps of folks like Matt Watkins on the costs of canceled grants, if you have a shutdown story you want to tell—anonymously—please reach out, either to nick@jobsthat.work, a direct message on Substack, or my Signal (Nickbeadle.06). This area of public policy goes undercovered as is, and I think documenting the costs is really important to the shape of what’s next.
Investing in manufacturing talent is much better—and more profitable—for employers.
That’s the conclusion of Lightcast and Guild Education in a timely new report about the sector that is driving much of the Trump Administration’s workforce policy. The sector has been emphasized in some way by at least the past three administrations, but it also has had at least a half a million open skilled jobs for a decade and a half.
More than a quarter of manufacturing talent is 55 or older, according to Lightcast and Guild’s report. On average, employers save nearly $30,000 per role by investing in workforce development and could save $2.8 billion collectively, the report says.
The report also has a handy chart of manufacturing jobs and details on costs, profit from choosing workforce development over external hiring, and insights into the cost-benefit of choosing to “build” or “buy” talent.
This week’s grants listings number: $52 billion.
Stable this week, but with a new state opportunity.
Behind the paywall.
Outsourcing apprenticeship policy.
Universal basic income and AI.
How federal layoffs affect grants and contracts.