Ron brings over 33 years of labor force economic experience to Lightcast. Ron was lead author of "The Demographic Drought", co-lead author of "Who is going to do the work?", and lead author of the update to Demographic Drought, "The Rising Storm". He writes on other topical labor economic trends frequently and keynotes at conferences around the country on the current labor situation. Ron was a senior and supervisory economist for 8 years with the Bureau of Labor Statistics in Washington D.C. and had a 20 year stint as an advising economist for the largest staffing company in the U.S. Quoted by CBS, CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes and numerous nationally syndicated news channels and magazines on a weekly basis, Hetrick has provided analysis for prior Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, The Council of Economic Advisors to the President, Congress, and numerous Fortune 100 companies and trade associations.