unemployment

U.S. Unemployment Stats: Fantasy vs. Reality

The December 2013 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Unemployment Report showed that only 74,000 people found new jobs. Of these, 31,000 were part-time. Yet, the U.S…

Skilled Worker Shortages Reach Widespread but Not Evenly Distributed

If the survey of economists in a recent Associated Press Economy Survey is correct, the job market will still be unhealthy seven years (2016) after the Great Recession officially ended…

A Troubling Tale of Two Job Markets: High Unemployment & Shortages of Workers

Within a 24 hour period of the Bureau of Labor Statistics releasing its latest unemployment data, I received nine articles that might make most people scratch their heads and say…

2012: The Beginning of the End of Retirement

A recent NPR broadcast about “The Future of Retirement” confirmed that even thought leaders from our most respected institutions are seeing an economic future through rose-colored glasses. 2012 will…

What’s more troubling: The loss of jobs or the loss of Jobs?

Depending on your frame of reference, asking the question “can the U.S. survive without Jobs?” will elicit a variety of responses.  Responses will inevitably be influenced by political affiliation…

What Happens If We Don’t Need All Those Jobs

Maybe this is a blinding flash of the obvious.  But no job is sacred anymore.  While politicians argue and evangelize about their plan to create jobs or how pathetic the…

7 Workforce Stats and Facts – Employment Trends

I'm introducing a new weekly feature with this blog post. Not a day goes by that I don't find a statistic, trend, or fact about workforce…

10 Jobs On Life Support

A recession, outsourcing, and foreign competition aren’t the only reasons we’re losing jobs…

Slow Job Creation Heats Up Generation Tensions

The longer unemployment remains high the more resentment will likely build between generations both in the workplace and in our communities…

Small Businesses Struggle to Find Skilled Workers

The unemployment rate is nearly 10 percent. But small business owner Dave Hatter is having trouble finding skilled workers…