skilled workers
America’s Talent Shortage
According to U.S. Department of Labor data, 62% of all U.S. jobs in 2010 will require higher skill levels. While 97 million people will be needed, only…
1 in 5 U.S. employers struggle to find qualified employees
As a follow-up to a post I made just a few days ago about some employers still struggling to fill positions, relocation could take on new meaning. According to…
Workforce trends 2010: Changing Career Paradigms
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Despite high unemployment, business still struggles finding qualified workers
Despite the layoffs and rising unemployment, I have a number of clients struggling to find qualified workers. This doesn't come to me as any surprise since I…
You won’t believe what the energy industry is running out of!
While Washington tries to figure out how the U.S. can free ourselves from our dependence on oil, another shortage is going to create a seismic shift in our ability…
Talent: A Global Commodity
“It’s clear that talent has become a global commodity, fiercely fought over by multiple competitors,” says Mark Foster, Accenture’s group chief executive. Corporations are experiencing…
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?
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…
Brazil: Perfect Labor Storm strikes another emerging country
For almost any nation other than China or India, achieving more than 5 percent growth a year is hard. Doing it without skilled labor is even harder. But that is…
Nuclear industry experiencing worker meltdown
In the next five years, just as the nuclear industry hopes to launch a renaissance, up to 19,600 nuclear workers-35 percent of the workforce-will reach retirement age…