Skills Shortages
Is Poor Job Retraining Responsible for High Unemployment?
It’s a difficult concept to grasp — that at a time of massive unemployment, good paying jobs remain unfilled…
Only 20 Percent of Workers Qualify for High Demand Jobs
Despite prolonged high unemployment, employers are struggling to find qualified skilled workers? How is this possible?
“Everyone has been caught flatfooted,” according to author/human capital expert Edward Gordon… “we…
60% of Companies Face Leadership Talent Shortage
Nearly 60% of companies are facing leadership talent shortages. Thirty-one percent expect this lack of leadership talent to impede their performance in the next several years. And 40% of…
Information Overload Is Fact of Life
The information, available to the average individual at any given point in time, is one hundred thousand times what it was just a few decades ago…
What’s the “Next Big Thing” in the Job Market?
forecasting the fastest growing occupations over 10 years has proven to be an inexact science. Many job seekers who took the advice of career planners have found themselves stuck in…
The Fallout from Freefalling Birth Rates in the Workplace
Birth rates in most developed countries are in a freefall. The United States is on the list of countries that producing enough children to prevent population decline…
How Effective Is Retraining After a Layoff?
While retraining may improve unemployed workers’ long-term prospects, many are struggling to find work in the short term…
White-Collar Jobs: Latest Victims of Recession and Technology
Blue-collar workers aren’t the only casualties of technology and a recession. Many professional jobs in finance, media, and even law and accounting will never be the same…
Critical Job Skills You’ll Need in the Future
The definition of work and, consequently, the definition of a job is changing. The evolution from agrarian and industrial age jobs to service and knowledge work is nearing its completion…
Unemployment Statistics Rely on Fuzzy Math
According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, “it isn’t all that simple to work out how many Americans are out of work…