Merits (Feb 2024)

Ohio’s 5G and Broadband Workforce: Assessing the Current Landscape Using Skillshed Analysis

  • Ryan Humeniuk,
  • Elham Erfanian,
  • G. Jason Jolley

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/merits4010005
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 66 – 78

Abstract

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Ohio’s 5G and broadband industry is rapidly changing. In this study, we assess the current skills and skills gaps of the state’s workforce and the supply and demand of labor within the 5G and broadband industry. We use a skillshed analysis to determine declining occupations with easy and challenging transitions into 5G and broadband occupations. Based on the analysis, we determine where skills gaps exist and where additional resources are needed to prepare the state’s workforce for the 5G and broadband industry.

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