The National Conference on Leadership and Skills Skillsusa this week had more than 17,500 participants, as students competed in 114 different trade and leadership. (Credit: A skilled job coalition)
Thousands went to the annual conference of the Labor Development Organization this week, focusing on giving the next generation of skilled workers to networking. With employers And test their abilities in matches.
The website of the organization noted: More than 17,500 people – including students, teachers and industry leaders – participated in the National Conference on Skillsusa's Skillsusa Skills in Atlanta between Tuesday and Friday.
The conference, which was allowed to be 6,800 as the largest gathering of the country's future skilled labor force Students to compete Against each other in 114 different trade and leadership. The one -week event also had main speakers, handheld activities, leadership training and more.
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“Thanks to our growing unity from committed and thoughtful partners, we come to young people who can affect job decisions when creating a strong pipeline for employment,” said Mark Herdrstrome, executive director of skilled business. (Skilled job coalition)
During the event, a skilled job coalition – A group that focuses on the connection of skilled business workers With industry leaders – According to the coalition's statement, it also hosted a wide range of initiatives to “address the most important challenges between skilled transactions and work pools.”
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This includes a gathering in which content makers, officials of the offices of the elected officials and representatives of companies such as Lowe's, Tiktok and Life late, In the announcement, he noted: How to use inter -sector cooperation to close skilled workforce and attract the next generation of experts.
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“Thanks to our growing unity of committed and thoughtful partners, we come to the youth to have the impact Job decisions In a statement, Mark Hydstrom, executive director of the Skills Skills Coalition, said in a statement, “While creating a strong pipeline for employment”, said in a statement.
Demand for skilled workers is increasing
More than 1 million commercial jobs remain in the United States, resulting from old and retired labor as well as social prejudice over college. To ForbesHuman

More than a million commercial jobs remain in the United States, resulting from old and retired labor as well as social prejudice over college. (Skilled job coalition / Fox news)
“Now is the time to move the gap between supply and demand for skilled talent, as it is facing even more pressures against housing shortages, deformity of manufacturing and booming industries such as robotic and mechatronics, which are more stressful in the labor market right now,” Hedstrom said.
While demand for skilled workers has increased, on the other hand, recent college graduates have a different reality. Investigations from the New York Federal Reserve Central Bank indicate that in the first quarter of 2025, the labor market “became worse”, and those who are new to the workforce have made the toughest visits.
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Fox Business' Daniella Genovese has been involved in this report.