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5 Tips to reduce health and safety risk for older workers.
Studies by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show that aging workers have fewer workplace injuries, but diabetes, hypertension and other age-related ailments are increasing employers’ costs associated…
Job hopping confirmed among Gen Y employees
How much time does your business have to win over the hearts and minds of a Gen Y employee? According to a new survey of more than 2,500 senior…
Gray Matters
Indiana’s work force will suffer from a monumental generational shift that will hit the entire nation by the end of this decade, according to an ongoing study title…
Pressure building to fill demand for underwater welders
Underwater welding is one of the specialty skills that puts commercial divers in high demand for construction work along the Gulf Coast and at other locations. Following Hurricanes Katrina and…
Fire protection engineers in high demand and short supply
Fire protection engineers are in high demand and short supply, according to a survey just released by the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SPFE). The survey reinforces the expanding workforce…
A Human Energy Crisis?
A few days ago I was asked an interesting question by a reporter from a well-respected business journal: In this buyer’s market for talent, are companies asking…
10 Hardest Jobs to Fill in 2008
Despite rising unemployment and a slowing economy, many employers are still finding it hard to find enough skilled workers to fill certain positions. The 10 Hardest Jobs to Fill…
The Dumbest Generation
My column about The Dumbest Generation in this week’s newsletter The Total View generated quite a response. (I also had posted it to this blog too.) One in…
Accounting and finance professionals still in short supply
Even though the economy is tanking and unemployment is rising, finding qualified accounting and finance professionals is more difficult for the second year in a row, according to a recent…
The Dumbest Generation?
The generation that is most comfortable with digital technology, which gives them unprecedented access to all of the world’s knowledge, knows less than the previous generation that lacked…