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Looking for a Job? The World Desperately Needs Engineers

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There's a vital puzzle piece missing as rich nations aim to transform their electricity grids for the AI age: millions of skilled engineers.

On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg’s Akshat Rathi joins host Sarah Holder to break down how labor shortages in the electrification industry are slowing down the green energy transition and what it would take to turn things around. Plus, the one country bucking the trend.

Read more: The Missing Engineers

Listen more: A skilled worker shortage is becoming an ‘existential’ problem for the energy transition: Bottleneck Series

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