skilled worker shortages
Who’s to Blame for Job Skill Shortages: Employers, Workers, or Schools?
Who’s to blame for the shortage of skilled workers? Not unlike politics, it depends who you ask. Employers blame schools. Schools blame government. Workers blame employers. The Institute for…
Why Robots are Putting Employees Out of Work … and Creating Jobs
Automation and outsourcing have been blamed for putting a lot of people out of work. Ironically innovation is what produces wealth and creates jobs. Technological innovation is linked to three…
Why Employers Can’t Take Chances on Low Skill Employees
You’ve read it before. The future of work is vastly different than the past. And the skills required to perform the jobs of the future are night-and-day…
From Dead End Jobs to Cash-Rich Careers
Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. Is there anyone not talking about jobs these days? From politicians to economists, Main Street to Wall Street, creating jobs is THE hot topic. And no discussion…
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…
Despite widely differing stories on job creation and economic growth, the U.S. and India share a common problem: skilled worker shortages…
H1N1 Will Expose Crisis of Finding Skilled Workers
A large spike in H1N1 screenings could clog a lab system already struggling with a shortage of skilled workers. A shortage of hospital beds and public health providers also looms…
Forget Skilled Workers, Manager Shortage is Looming
people qualified to become managers were opting out, for reasons including increased stress, handling disgruntled employees, increased paperwork, and having to lay off or fire employees…
Is the Perfect Labor Storm over?
The picture below tells the story. Between 1970 and 1980, the U.S. workforce grew a whopping 29%. Between 2000 and 2010 growth slowed to 12%, still robust but…
Downsizing hurts:40 percent less motivated
Downsizing by employers is leading to a dive in staff morale and is failing to increase productivity, a Drake International survey has found. A survey of 6,300 employees…