OCT
09
2025
US businesses face a growing skills gap, driven by technological breakthroughs, demographic changes and cultural shifts in the workplace. On one side, jobs lacking qualified candidates go unfilled; on the other, employees with skills no longer in high demand may require retraining to fill those positions and advance their careers.
A widening gap impedes growth for both companies and the economy, so which solutions offer the most promise?
Our 2025 Frontiers of Business Conference will convene corporate executives, top researchers and policy leaders to examine the skills in demand and share objective, evidence-based solutions for bridging the gap.
Established in 1985 by Frank Hawkins Kenan, the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise is a nonpartisan business policy think tank affiliated with the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. The nonprofit institute and its affiliated centers convene leaders from business, academia and government to better understand how the private sector can work for the public good. The institute leverages best-in-class research to develop market-based solutions to today’s most complex economic challenges. In doing so, the institute aims to support businesses and policies that better the lives of people in North Carolina, across the country and around the world.
A Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise Event