Credentials Matter COVID-19 Case Study: Examining the Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Career and Technical Education and Associated Industry Credentials

Recovering and post-pandemic labor markets may look very different from pre-pandemic labor conditions. This report provides insights into labor market trends across career clusters, occupations, and credentials during the first few months of the pandemic. It highlights how different occupational factors like critical worker designation, physical proximity to others, and automation risk impact physical safety and economic security across occupations – and how these factors may reshape the landscape of opportunity for workers and learners.