“Employers are facing one of the tightest labor markets in recent decades—tighter than even before the pandemic when the unemployment rate hit a 50-year low. Yet there are enough “missing workers”—those who are out of the labor force but want a job—to fill all our open positions, if only employers can tap into them.

These untapped workers want to work but face barriers to getting into the labor force. They may be jobless, but they aren’t unemployable—if employers take practical steps to surmount what keeps these workers off the payroll. Here’s who they are and how to reach them.”

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