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0000017a-15d9-d736-a57f-17ff90890000A continuing series on The Exchange, featuring week-long looks at issues of importance to New Hampshire.New Hampshire's Workforce Challenges (Airing May 20-24, 2019)Mental Health In New Hampshire: The Patients, The Providers, The System (Aired in May, 2018)

In Depth Day 2: How N.H. Employers Are Responding to Workforce Challenges

We continue our series on New Hampshire's labor shortage.  Skilled labor, manufacturing, and healthcare are three sectors facing serious workforce shortages. We look at the specific challenges for these industries and others, the types of jobs they are struggling to fill, and the efforts they are making to recruit employees.

 

GUESTS:

  • Rick Baron - Project Manager at Al Terry Plumbing & Heating and teacher in the plumbing apprentice program at the NH School of Mechanical Trades.
  • Sara Colson - Director of Workforce Accelerator 2025 - a program of the Business and Industry Association and the NH Charitable Foundation.
  • Robert MacLeod - CEO of Mid-state Health Center in Plymouth and Bristol.
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