That meant that too many Americans were sitting on the sidelines. In the past few years, the job market has gotten so strong that many of these people have come off the sidelines—and many are now back at work. The Rochester area, like much of the country, has now recovered from the Great Recession.
The education and health-care sectors continue to be the main drivers of job growth. And, the local community colleges have partnered with local employers to align their curriculums with the employers’ job openings, to increase workers’ connections to jobs, and to become a resource for regional job information.