Ron Hetrick
- Senior Labor Economist & Author of The Demographic Drought and The Rising Storm
- Provides detailed insights about how we can address the labor market shortage
Ron Hetrick Speaker Biography
Ron Hetrick brings nearly 30 years of labor force economic experience to Emsi. In his current role as Director of Staffing Product and Data, Ron oversees the development of our staffing specific data products as well as listening to our customer’s needs and writing and speaking on labor issues affecting Emsi clients.
Prior to working for Emsi, Ron had a 20-year career with Allegis Group overseeing market analytics and data science teams developing data analytic products as well as consulting with customers on issues related to contingent rate card development and site selection and local market economic analysis. He also provided economic analysis for the long-term strategic growth of the Allegis Group family of companies. Hetrick was also an economist for eight years with the Bureau of Labor Statistics in Washington D.C. His last role was as a supervisory economist overseeing the monthly employment estimates and acted as the primary media liaison for manufacturing employment for the division. Quoted by NBC, CNN, USA Public Radio, The Wall Street Journal, and numerous other news agencies, Hetrick provided analysis for Alan Greenspan, The Council of Economic Advisors and Congress. Ron also published three articles on labor trends in the Monthly Labor Review and continues to publish white papers on sector hiring trends, labor economic dynamics and contingent rate card development and rate philosophies.
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Fault Lines: How a Collision of Geopolitical, Technological and Demographic Factors are Affecting the Labor Market
In 2021, Lightcast published a paper called The Demographic Drought which served as a sobering wakeup call, illustrating a future where labor would be the rare commodity. The large and hard-working Boomer population is leaving the workforce, and the population after them is not as big. Who is going to do the work that helps to take care of this ageing population? By 2024, in the Lightcast research paper, “The Rising Storm”, the issues were coming more into focus, the timelines much more immediate, and the numbers much more dire. However, by 2025, the demographic situation was being clouded by two new factors; significant changes in geopolitics, and aggressive AI messaging of “use it or be left behind.” Employers no longer had one fight on their hands, they had three, and, depending on the job or industry, they did not know which fight to take on. In the Fault Lines presentation, we will show you how these three factors are evolving, where they are heading, and how you will need to navigate the future.
