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The manufacturing skills gap in the U.S. could result in 2.1 million unfilled jobs by 2030, according to a new study by Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute, the workforce development and education partner of the NAM. The cost of those missing jobs could potentially total $1 trillion in 2030 alone. The study’s dramatic findings come from online surveys of more than 800 U.S.-based manufacturing leaders, as well as interviews with executives across the industry and economic analyses. All told, they paint a worrying picture of manufacturing’s labor shortage. The lack of skilled labor was the industry’s major challenge even before the pandemic, according to the NAM’s quarterly outlook surveys—and this new study shows it’s still a major concern today. The hard data: About 1.4 million U.S. manufacturing jobs were lost during the early days of the pandemic, according to the study, setting back the manufacturing labor force by more than a decade. However, the industry has largely recovered those lost jobs and is now urgently...

Job seekers wait to enter the SacJobs Career job fair in Sacramento, California, US, on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe first economic data report that went unreleased due to the government shutdown will be released next week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday.As the U.S. government reopens for business, Wall Street's attention now turns toward when critical data on employment, inflation and other economic signposts will be released.The first such report, on September nonfarm payrolls, will come out Thursday at 8:30 a.m., according to a BLS update posted on its website.A day later, the BLS will release real earnings, a companion report to the monthly consumer price index that did not come out simultaneously in October because average earnings earnings, which are part of the payrolls report, were not released. Real earnings are the difference between the monthly CPI reading and the average hourly earnings.In fact, September CPI was the only official...

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Detpak USA (Detpak), a global packaging supplier supporting quick-service restaurants and other retail customers, announced that its first U.S. manufacturing operation will be built in Spartanburg.Officials said that Detpak’s new 175,000-square-foot production facility, located at 2781 New Cut Road, will create over 50 new jobs during its initial phase. Formed in 1981, Detpak is a subsidiary of Detmold Group (Detmold), an Australian company that produces premium packaging solutions. The companies sell into 45 countries and have manufacturing operations in eight. Detmold also has two existing U.S. sales operations in Los Angeles and Tampa. Officials said that Detpak’s new 175,000-square-foot production facility would create 50 new jobs during its initial phase.(WHNS)“With the addition of over 50 new jobs in Spartanburg County, Detpak’s decision to open its first American manufacturing plant in the Upstate is a win for South Carolina,” Gov. Henry McMaster shared. “We are proud to welcome Detpak and look forward to the company’s continued...

The H-1B visa program was created to help tech firms in the United States address labor shortages, allowing them to temporarily hire nonimmigrant workers to fill roles related to areas like computer programming or engineering. Today, the nation’s largest companies continue to use the H-1B visa program, gathering some of their employees from other countries to curate a workforce that matches their needs.However, on September 19, 2025, the Trump Administration introduced new changes to the program, including a $100,000 processing payment. The move may create significant challenges for many current visa holders, as well as the employers who hire them. Databricks’ analytics platform helps organizations build and run AI applications and workflows. It has also become a key player in the AI infrastructure space in recent years. According to H-1B Grader, Databricks sponsored employees needing H-1B visas, and in 2025 had over 300 application approvals. According to the company, it provides H-1B visas for high tech roles such...

FOX Sports, FOX One and Indeed, the world's No. 1 job site and a prominent hiring platform, announced on Tuesday morning a nationwide search to fill the position of "FOX One Chief World Cup Watcher Hired Through Indeed."The job, which will pay $50,000, entails the individual watching all 104 matches of the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup in 4K on FOX One, which is the official streaming platform of the tournament, from their personal office, which will be a "custom-built, dream viewing space" glass cube in the middle of Times Square, New York."This FIFA World Cup will be a historic tournament that calls for an equally historic hire," FOX Sports President of Marketing Robert Gottlieb said in a press release. "One engaged applicant will get the job of a lifetime to experience and celebrate every story, every nation and every exhilarating moment that defines the beautiful game."The "FOX One Chief World Cup Watcher Hired Through Indeed" will share social content to engage...