Younger workers aged 34, give or take, are leaving New Hampshire at a precipitous rate that threatens the healt of the economy long term according to the Concord Monitor.
High rents, lack of activities, and most importantly lack of good jobs is causing kids to look elsewhere for work.
Some hope that telecommuting could be part of the answer.
The [states Economic Development Councils hope] to improve rural job prospects by encouraging small businesses and boosting local computer networks so more residents can telecommute. But it won’t be easy. Economist Russ Thibeault says the state is battling global forces. Companies are moving high-tech manufacturing jobs overseas and shifting mid-level management positions to regional offices in Boston, New York and Providence.
One school I visited on my trip to New Hampshire is a private school that specializes in “project based learning”. While it’s not a specifically entrepreneurial based program, the kids do learn how to attack projects. This builds there thinking skills and trains them mentally for self employment and working in teams. They sell Maple Syrup to fund their annual school trip do construction based on historic New England building methods.
It’s the Jesse Remington school if you’re near Candia, N.H.
Granite State Hopes Telecommuting Reverses Decline at Six Figure Income on August 29th, 2006 at 4:01 pm
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