Tailoring Shortage Signals Trades Resurgence

As AI automates more office and cognitive work, demand and wages for skilled, embodied trades (tailors, watchmakers, lacemakers) are rising, and employers are creating paid apprenticeships and short, skill‑focused courses to recruit younger workers. The trend combines labor market reallocation with a revival of on‑the‑job vocational training. — If replicated across other crafts, this shift implies policy and education choices: fund apprenticeships, reframe vocational training, and anticipate new mismatches in who benefits from automation.