Mike Harrell talks about the need to address the skills gap.
“There’s a big gap. . . . It is hard to find skilled workers because we’re just not producing the kind of workers that we need coming out of high school. . . . It’s a gap that’s got to be filled, not just by educators — UTC or Chatt State, or the Hamilton County School system — This is a community issue.”
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