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Record: More Young Adults In U.S. Finishing High School And College
02/12/2012 Comments Off on Record: More Young Adults In U.S. Finishing High School And College
By RICHARD FRY and KIM PARKER, Pew Research Center— Record shares of young adults in the U.S. are completing high school, going to college and finishing college, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of newly available census data. In 2012, for the first time ever, one-third of 25- to 29-year-olds in the United States […]
Continue reading …Eight Job Options With Great Pay And Secure Futures
12/10/2012 Comments Off on Eight Job Options With Great Pay And Secure Futures
By ALIDA MOORE, Payscale.com— As long as you’re going to work, you might as well seek a high-paying job. But can you be sure your most lucrative job option will still be around to pay you that big salary five or 10 years from now? It’s more likely to be if job opportunities in your […]
Continue reading …ManpowerGroup Urges Employers Work With Educators To Advance Job Training
09/10/2012 Comments Off on ManpowerGroup Urges Employers Work With Educators To Advance Job Training
International staffing firm ManpowerGroup is advocating that U.S. companies develop the skills of their local populations by collaborating with regional educators The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released 5 October 2012, reported the overall September jobless rate declined to 7.8 % from August’s 8.1% rate. The U.S. private sector added 114,000 new jobs last month, […]
Continue reading …A 10-Year Decline In Wages For Most College Graduates
05/10/2012 Comments Off on A 10-Year Decline In Wages For Most College Graduates
By Lawrence Mishel, Economic Policy Institute— As the new State of Working America report shows, the last 10 years have been a lost decade for income, wealth and wage growth for most Americans. Perhaps a surprising part of this picture is that the trend of stagnant or falling wages for most workers includes the wages […]
Continue reading …SHRM-Achieve Survey: Higher Education Levels Will Soon Be Required Most Jobs
03/10/2012 Comments Off on SHRM-Achieve Survey: Higher Education Levels Will Soon Be Required Most JobsThe future workforce will need higher levels of education than today’s workers, a new survey of human resources professionals found. A new survey from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and Achieve shows that technical and educational requirements are rising across job categories. “Today’s tough job market means that many individuals are currently in […]
Continue reading …New Technology, New Jobs – Educating The Future Smart Grid Workforce
24/09/2012 Comments Off on New Technology, New Jobs – Educating The Future Smart Grid Workforce
By Karen Stewartson, Government Technology— Not only is Massoud Amin a scholar and educator, he’s also considered the “father of the smart grid.” This Q&A from Government Technology with University of Minnesota professor Massoud Amin discusses the kinds of jobs and skills that will be created by smart grid technology and what it will take […]
Continue reading …U.S. In Longest Period Of High Unemployment Since Great Depression
17/02/2012 Comments Off on U.S. In Longest Period Of High Unemployment Since Great Depression
If you’re unemployed and searching for job and it seems like things are REALLY tough out there, it is not your imagination. As far as unemployment is concerned, these are officially hard times, according to a new report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Not only is the United States is in the midst of […]
Continue reading …Maine Librarians Bridge Digital Job Divide
17/02/2012 Comments Off on Maine Librarians Bridge Digital Job Divide
By KISTINE CAROLAN, New America Foundation— Patrick Therrien holds a Masters of Science in Organizational Leadership and a Graduate Certification in Human Resources Management. During three months of unemployment, Therrien looked online to learn the latest tips on how to build his resume, write cover letters, and give a strong interview. Despite his tech-savvy, he felt […]
Continue reading …Unemployment, Training and Finding Work in Vietnam: A Big Job
11/10/2011 Comments Off on Unemployment, Training and Finding Work in Vietnam: A Big Job
Farmland in Vietnam is being gobbled up for development at the rate of 17,000 hectares — more than 65 square miles — per year, putting an annual average 238,000 poorly educated rural farmers out of work in the process. Vietnam’s Communist government reports a “high” rate of rural unemployment of 3.74% during the first 9 […]
Continue reading …- Amazon’s unilateral mailbox installation nets workers a second election at Bessemer facility
- No injunction pending appeal for Mass General Brigham employees denied COVID vaccine exemption requests
- Sixth Circuit designated to rule on consolidated challenges to OSHA’s vaccinate or test mandate
- California AG announces first-of-its-kind stipulated judgment requiring Amazon’s compliance with COVID-19-related ‘right-to-know’ law
- Stay on OSHA’s ETS affirmed; agency ordered to ‘take no steps to implement or enforce’ vaccine mandate
- Manager who referred to mask as ‘KKK hood’ lawfully terminated for ‘cause’
- Biden Administration says there’s no need for emergency relief over vaccinate or test ETS
- Businesses, five states obtain temporary stay of Biden Administration’s private employer vaccine mandate
- Employee who didn’t opt out of post-hire arbitration agreement must arbitrate bias claims
- U.S. Supreme Court declines to grant injunction on Maine health care worker COVID vaccine mandate
- EEOC shares its own religious accommodation form as sample for vaccine requirement exemption requests
- Waste removal driver unable to revive Title VII and FLSA claims on appeal
- Transgender police officer who alleged she was involuntarily outed advances claims
- After appeal revived claim, white jail employee who complained of racial slur gets trial
- Mandatory vaccination rule for healthcare workers is facially neutral, does not single out religious objectors
- Hotel association challenges New York City’s new pandemic severance law
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- Sprouts Farmers Market to Pay $280,0000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suits
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- UK Poised to Expand Workplace PPE Obligations
- DOL Sues Over Firing for E-Mail Allegedly Sharing Coronavirus Concerns
- Using Technology to Prepare Workforce for Post-Pandemic Times
- Ask HR: How Can Restaurant Owners Attract and Keep Good Workers?
- DOL Proposes Rule to Remove Barriers to ESG Funds in Retirement Plans
- Cal/OSHA Modifies Quarantine Rules for Asymptomatic, Unvaccinated Workers
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Class certification granted for American Airlines pilots on USERRA, breach-of-contract claims
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
