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Building a Strategic Rail Workforce for the Future

Many industries that require skilled workers, including the railroad industry, are facing a major challenge that will only worsen over the near-term: an aging workforce.

Mass retirements of railroad employees can be expected in the next 5-10 years. This could lead to a race to fill jobs, without sufficient insight into how railroads' strategic workforce needs will change in the future. In this paper, we explore how railroads should use this opportunity to evolve toward workforces with greater technological and innovative capabilities, as well as the ability to support more rapid market shifts and sophisticated customer demands.

Building a Strategic Rail Workforce for the Future


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