Explanation & Solution for the not enough (educated) workers. Full guide!

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For the longest time I have continuously written answers to other players questions about the problems of
Not Enough Educated Workers and
Not Enough Workers
on social media, forums, Steam, Reddit, you name it.

As these questions never go away and keep getting asked, even so many years after the games launch and many patches I have decided to present the whole explanation and the possible solutions in an all-around Guide about these problems.

This guide explains the problems and gives solutions for Not enough workers and Not enough educated workers in Cities: Skylines which can lead to abandoned buildings. I explain why both problems happen and present several solutions for each of them while giving an education and informative explanation of the workers / workplaces game mechanics. I also talk about citizen wealth, education, building leveling requirements and all types of Industry and commercial zones. Generic, agriculture, forestry, oil and ore specialized industry.

It is now up on Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2429141845

From the guide:

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The most annoying but also quite interesting thing about all of this is that the player not only can’t do anything about this, besides building that high school and university, but he, you, just have to wait. That is right, you haven’t done anything wrong. You followed the game's design and this abandonment is actually because you followed the game's rules to the letter. These shops, they are the ones which level up too fast, faster than their open jobs can be filled by Cims who can’t gain educated levels at that same speed.

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For example, when generic industry levels up with access to services and educated Cims it requires even more educated Cims of all levels. But if you don’t give it services it will be stuck on lower levels and won’t need all those better educated Cims, creating unemployment. If you are in the process of educating your population, those generic industry buildings will be saying not enough workers. Luckily there is a mechanic and even a mod which allows for Cims to be overeducated for their workplace.

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Here at least there are a few things you can do about it. First of all adding totally new residential zones is a simple way of adding new uneducated workers into your city. But if you need the educated kind instead then helping older residential zones level up with higher wealth levels so educated Cims move in is the way to go. Boosing your district's education with a policy is also a viable solution.

If you have your own solutions and experiences with these problems I invite you to share your thoughts, ideas and anything else you would like to share about it.

For those who prefer to watch rather then read, I got you covered with this video guide: