By BRIAN MOLONGOSKI, Watertown Daily Times
In a Times interview Monday, Jefferson County Community College President Ty A. Stone noted that, as job acquisition increasingly requires some sort of degree or certificate beyond grade school, there are currently around 50,000 people in Jefferson and Lewis counties who do not have the appropriate work credentials to earn a living wage. She said this is a problem faced by some of the region’s largest employers, such as the Kraft-Heinz facility in Lowville, where qualified workers have to commute from far away places like Utica because they are unable to hire locally. Dedicating more resources to identifying educational needs to benefit the area, Ms. Stone said, will make the region more attractive to business.
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