The region has managed to attract some new jobs to replace the old industrial ones, but they have tended to be in low-wage, low-skill occupations, such as those at the 15 new call-centres in Plymouth.
Over the past three decades, the American workforce has seen a widening gap between wages for high and low-skilled occupations and a hollowing out middle-wage jobs, say New York Fed Economists.
My Next Move for Veterans, a new online resource that allows veterans to enter their military occupation code and discover civilian occupations for which they are well qualified.