South Central Kentucky Has Thousands of Open Jobs

The 10-county region of south central Kentucky currently has several thousand open jobs. Business and education leaders are working on multiple fronts to attract and train workers to fill those positions. One major reason for the shortage of workers in Kentucky, and across the nation, is the retirement of large numbers of Baby Boomers, people born between 1946 and 1964. Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Ron Bunch said even as the region tries to fill those thousands of current vacancies, the number of open positions is expected to increase dramatically in the future.