Workforce Development
Hurricanes Irma and Maria so significantly influenced the movement of people to and from Puerto Rico, that the U.S. Census Bureau revised its methods for measuring migration for the territory. With this modified approached, the Census Bureau estimated that 123,399 people migrated from Puerto Rico to other parts of the United States between 2017 and 2018, nearly three times higher than the year before.¹ The trend of recent graduates and professionals leaving Puerto Rico had been underway for the eight years leading up to 2017. The cumulative effect was a workforce with dwindling numbers of highly skilled workers making it more difficult to attract employers and investors.
The Economic RSF set to work identifying industries in which Puerto Rico holds a unique competitive advantage and forming coalitions that can deliver workforce development programs around the Island.
¹ https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2020/08/estimating-puerto-rico-population-after-hurricane-maria.html
The Economic RSF set to work identifying industries in which Puerto Rico holds a unique competitive advantage and forming coalitions that can deliver workforce development programs around the Island.
¹ https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2020/08/estimating-puerto-rico-population-after-hurricane-maria.html
