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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…

Did the recession gives employers an excuse for shedding under-skilled workers?

It’s like the recession justified a business cleansing — wholesale layoffs, plant closings and outsourcing for the sake of avoiding bankruptcy or closing a business entirely…

Skilled shortages in Louisiana threatens economic recovery

According to the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, an influential business group proposing changes in state policies on work-force development, Louisiana has a serious shortage of skilled workers…