Jobs
Jobs for Baby Boomers Who Aren’t Ready to Retire
Retirement from a job can be a difficult transition for some people to make. So many of us dedicate a huge chunk of our lives to our profession and even…
Baby Boomers Breaking into the Technology Sector
By Guest blogger – Jess Walter, Freelance Writer Age discrimination is hopefully becoming a thing of the past. As 10, 000 Baby Boomers every day cross the 60 years old…
10 Things You Should Know about Automation and Jobs
Technology needs no help to disrupt work and displace people. It inherently accelerates change driven on its own momentum. The pace of that change is also accelerating. As a result…
Is it possible to bring the jobs back?
<This article was first published by the Herald-Tribune on June 27, 2016> Partially as a result of the great recession and the housing debacle, many jobs have…
2 Trends Changing the Face of U.S. Jobs
You’ve heard it before! We’re working the Perfect Labor Storm. But there are two trends impacting U.S. jobs that are often pushed aside. They involve working women…
9 Workforce Trends Worth Knowing
In 1999 I coined the term “Perfect Labor Storm” to describe the multiple factors working in concert to create a critical shortage of workers. At that time the…
Is The MBA and Other Graduate School Degrees Worth It?
(Thanks to Patti Connor for revisiting this topic and writing this guest post.) In recent years, it has become difficult to defend the costs of graduate school degrees, specifically the…
Jobs Disappearing at Accelerating Rate – Is Yours at Risk?
Nearly everyone agrees the world will look different in years to come. For many, the future has arrived. Robots and other forms of automation are not just destroying jobs at…
Companies Dream about Filling Cloud Computing Jobs
Cloud computing jobs increased by 9 2 percent in February 2012 in comparison to numbers from February 2011. And it was up 400 percent from the same time in 2010…
What Should MBA (and other college) Graduates Expect From Their Degrees?
Nearly 7 years ago, I was asked the following question by BusinessWeek Online reporter Francesca Di Meglio: “What advice do you have for those who are undecided about getting an…