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Associations Work to Tackle Industry Workforce Shortages Head-On

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And that’s part of the reason, Balon was hired: to educate and reach out to people of all diversities about the merits of a career in landscape architecture. They hope to attract 100,000 millennials to the workforce by 2020. Other associations have approached the workforce shortage in their respective industries in different ways.

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A Case for the Association Summer Internship

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In another example, the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association deployed a multimedia initiative focused on bringing more millennials into the workforce. SHRM also has six other paid summer interns, who work in specific departments.