Michigan: Land Of Retraining, But Few Jobs

by Tamara Keith, NPR

Faced with the worst unemployment rate in the country, leaders in Michigan launched an ambitious initiative to retrain more than 100,000 workers. The No Worker Left Behind program has had success getting laid-off auto workers and others into programs where they learn new skills. But getting those workers into new jobs has proven much more challenging, in part because it's incredibly hard to predict where the jobs of the future will be in a state where jobs of any kind are in such short supply.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, May 19, 2010