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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 Jobs
The 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 …In Canada Jobless Youth Left Out As Government, Business Look Abroad
02/10/2012 Comments Off on In Canada Jobless Youth Left Out As Government, Business Look Abroad
A backlash is beginning to appear in Canada against recent changes in wage and immigration rules aimed at attracting workers from the economically depressed Eurozone. Jason Kenney, Canada’s immigration minister, is redefining the nation’s immigration and wage rules. The new rules are expected to go into effect next year. The changes are meant to attract workers […]
Continue reading …Record One-in-Five Households Has Student Loan Debt, Burden Greatest On Young, Poor
27/09/2012 Comments Off on Record One-in-Five Households Has Student Loan Debt, Burden Greatest On Young, Poor
By Richard Fry, Pew Research Center— Nearly one out of five (19%) of U.S. households owed student loan debt in 2010. That’s more than double the share two decades earlier and a significant rise from the 15% that owed such debt in 2007, just prior to the start of the Great Recession, according to a […]
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 …Working in America: Having A Secure Job Is A Path To The Middle Class
08/09/2012 Comments Off on Working in America: Having A Secure Job Is A Path To The Middle Class
By Wendy Wang, Pew Research Center–Americans believe that having a secure job is by far the most important requirement for being in the middle class, easily trumping homeownership and a college education, according to a new nationwide Pew Research Center survey of 2,508 adults. Nearly nine-in-ten adults (86%) say a person needs a secure job […]
Continue reading …Working In America: Job Security Important To The Middle Class
08/09/2012 Comments Off on Working In America: Job Security Important To The Middle Class
By Wendy Wang, Pew Research Center– The value Americans place on having a secure job is underscored by findings from the same Pew Research survey that show that losing a job is associated not just with economic difficulties, but also with stress and unhappiness. In the Pew Research survey, 15% of respondents said they lost their job […]
Continue reading …Infographic – The Pitfalls Of Freelancing
09/05/2012 Comments Off on Infographic – The Pitfalls Of Freelancing
The Pitfalls Of Freelancing Thinking of taking up the freelance life? Read this first. Click image to view full size
Continue reading …Inforgraphic Career Choice – Factors For Choosing A Career
28/03/2012 Comments Off on Inforgraphic Career Choice – Factors For Choosing A Career
Infographic – What Factors Go Into Choosing A Career? Are you a student who will graduate this fall? Or perhaps you want to change careers? Maybe you have been unemployed long-term and are looking for a fresh start. This handy infographic adds visualization to the process of choosing a career. (click on career choice graphic […]
Continue reading …Career Lessons From Interviews With Idiots
19/03/2012 Comments Off on Career Lessons From Interviews With Idiots
By PENELOPE TRUNK — In case you’ve never noticed, I rarely interview anyone for this column. Most of my sources are family and unsuspecting friends who complain that I make everyone look bad. But it is not true. It is true that they THINK I make them look bad, but in fact, I could rip […]
Continue reading …Analysis – Business Education, MBA Programs Helped Trash The Economy
20/02/2012 Comments Off on Analysis – Business Education, MBA Programs Helped Trash The Economy
By MARGARET HEFFERNAN– Business schools educate armies of bankers, investors and corporate finance executives. How come they don’t feel responsible for the financial havoc that has ensued? After the dotcom bubble burst in 2000, and then again, following 2008’s financial crisis, there was a brief flurry of soul-searching among business schools. Then poof — gone. […]
Continue reading …- Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
- CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.
- Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
- The decline of job creation at new establishments
- 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
- ‘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
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Over 10,000 John Deere workers strike over ‘years’ of poor treatment
- Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
- For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
- US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
- Facebook says it will do more to prevent online hate, harassment
- As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
- Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks or he’ll ‘call them out’
- What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland?
- Apple to make 10 million fewer iPhones due to microchip shortage
- US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
- US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
- Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs
- Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
- Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030
- India faces electricity crisis as coal supplies run critically low
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill