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CIO November 15, 2003 Megan Santosus |
When (or if) the Boomers Say Bye-Bye Conventional wisdom holds that the mass retirement of the baby boomers will trigger a hiring frenzy. Conventional wisdom is wrong. |
Fast Company August 2004 Alison Overholt |
The Labor-Shortage Myth When boomers start to retire, the theory goes, we'll see a job boom. Too bad it won't happen. |
Job Journal November 13, 2005 Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: Seniors Search for Welcome Mat For people in their 60s and 70s, finding a good job can be a challenge, according to those who study the labor market. |
Job Journal September 25, 2005 Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: When Jobs Outnumber Workers The US Department of Labor predicts a labor shortage by end of decade, but too many employers aren't heeding the message. Keeping valued workers may be their best strategy. |
Job Journal September 3, 2006 Rich Heintz |
A Labor Day Look at Causes for Concern It's no surprise that the rising cost of healthcare is hitting the pocketbooks of American workers hard. |
Finance & Development September 2010 Ceyda Oner |
Back to Basics: What Constitutes Unemployment? Earlier this year, the International Labor Office announced that global unemployment last year reached the highest level on record. More than 200 million people, 7 percent of the global workforce, were looking for jobs in 2009. |
CFO October 1, 2008 Alix Stuart |
And They're Off! (But Should You Worry?) The hysteria over retiring baby boomers is ill-founded, but companies do face a specific kind of labor shortage. |
BusinessWeek April 9, 2007 Coy & Ewing |
Where Are All The Workers? Companies worldwide are suddenly scrambling to manage a labor crunch. |
Knowledge@Wharton |
Want to Study Accounting or Medieval History? Chances Are, Your Employer Will Foot the Bill Virtually all employers offer this benefit, to some degree. Employees do not pay for this benefit in the form of lower wages. In fact, employers actually pay higher wages when they also have this benefit, suggesting that the workers must be more productive to compensate for the higher salaries. |
Knowledge@Wharton |
Why Job Searching is the Second Most Popular Activity on the Internet A dramatically different labor market is changing not just the way people are hired and fired, but also how they view their jobs, their employers and their careers... |
Job Journal June 2, 2013 John A. Challenger |
Career Pros: Labor Shortage Looms While Millions Jobless How can we have staffing shortages when millions are unemployed? A multitude of mismatches are to blame. |
Job Journal June 17, 2007 Michael Kinsman |
Are Employers in Denial About Growing Labor Shortage? By 2010, the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates there will be a shortfall of five to ten million workers in the US workforce. Here's a glimpse of how this reality has made life better for workers at one forward-looking company. |
Job Journal May 6, 2007 |
Jobwire Slowest job growth in two years... Another phony resume... Housing slowdown hurts relocations... Lower productivity in 2006... Video resumes at CareerBuilder.com... Alaska suffers real labor shortage .. On the job front... |
Job Journal April 15, 2007 Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: Few Firms Retaining Retirees A new study shows that American companies often have a hand in creating their own workplace staffing issues. |
Job Journal January 17, 2010 |
2010 Job Market Outlook: Job Growth Begins to Take Hold as Employers Gain Confidence 2009 began with the largest downsizing the American job market has received in over a decade. With all future forecasts predicting job growth, the question remains, when will job creation finally begin to outpace job elimination? |
U.S. Banker June 2011 Mark R. Pawlak |
Sizing Up the Labor Force A drop in unemployment is typically associated with growth in the labor force. But in the current market, that's not happening, which makes the Fed's job more difficult. |
Knowledge@Wharton January 29, 2003 |
Why Some Companies Retrain Workers, and Others Lay Them Off The decision to churn or retrain is increasingly central to discussions about the responsibilities that employers have to workers and society. |
Job Journal February 18, 2007 Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: Are Firms Too Picky? Job requirements, even for entry-level positions, are tougher than ever. |
Job Journal May 11, 2008 Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: Economy Needs Older Workers Baby boomers are ready to retire, but the nation still needs them. |
Finance & Development June 1, 2007 Jaumotte & Tytell |
Globalization of Labor Globalization is a vital force sustaining world growth, but policymakers need to ensure that all people benefit by strengthening access to education and training, adopting adequate social safety nets, and improving the functioning of labor markets. |
Job Journal February 22, 2009 Penelope Trunk |
Brazen Careerist: Better Hiring Practices Emerging How employers are changing their practices to make better matches. |
Job Journal July 16, 2006 James E. Challenger |
Career Pros: Employers Aren't That Desperate Despite reports of a labor shortage, you still must apply yourself. |
The Motley Fool October 19, 2010 Morgan Housel |
Fair Game: Blaming Older Workers for High Unemployment How delayed retirements are hurting employment. |
Job Journal January 22, 2006 |
Jobwire for the Week of January 22, 2006 2005 a good year for job growth... Interviews are the biggest hurdle... On the job front... Hiring 'wrinkles' costs less... High school career mag to debut... Training the 'Pod people... Women dropping out of workforce... |
CIO April 15, 2006 Stephanie Gelston |
Sign Up Top Workers Before They're Hot A new book advises planning ahead for the coming baby boomer retirement binge. |
CFO February 15, 2006 Melissa Hennessy |
The Retirement Age Baby boomers will soon be leaving the workforce in droves. The loss will hit some companies harder than others. Are you ready to replace them? |
HBS Working Knowledge December 1, 2006 Jim Heskett |
How Important Is Quality of Labor? And How Is It Achieved? By understanding labor quality, can we better confront anxieties about outsourcing and immigration? |
CFO March 1, 2011 David McCann |
To the "Three R's" Add One More: Writhing Companies will feel ever more pain as the shortage of technically skilled workers intensifies. |
HRO Today Mar/Apr 2008 Peggy Cope |
Global Recruitment Pains In an era of retiring talent and mounting pressure to fill positions more quickly, study finds most employers are still not familiar with recruitment process outsourcing (RPO). |
Job Journal June 10, 2007 Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: Older Workers Reassign Themselves Older workers are leaving their jobs, but not for retirement. The fastest growing number of self-employed workers now between the ages 55 and 64. |
Job Journal December 11, 2011 John A. Challenger |
Job Market Recovery Slow but Steady Reading news stories about the struggling economy and the slow pace of job creation can give one the impression that hiring doesn't happen until a new job is created. But, in fact, employers hire millions every month regardless of the job count. |
IndustryWeek June 20, 2012 |
Manufacturing's Muddled Message on the Skilled Worker Shortage We've struggled for years to close the skills gap. Could it be that we don't fully understand the problem? |
Job Journal June 12, 2005 James E. Challenger |
Maturing Workforce Favors Aging Boomers As baby boomers age and the labor force begins to shrink, businesses must reconsider their attitude toward hiring older workers. Smart companies will capitalize on this vast pool of talent and experience. |
The Motley Fool July 19, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Where All The Jobs Went Here's a sobering statistic: All nine recessions between 1948 and 1990 saw employment return to pre-recession levels within 31 months. Today, 42 months after our recession began, we've only regained about a fifth of lost jobs. |
IndustryWeek March 14, 2012 Jonathan Katz |
Executives Fear Leadership Shortage Study: lack of potential leaders is the most pressing human resource challenge organizations expect to face in 2012. |
Finance & Development March 1, 2006 Dorothea Schmidt |
Globalization at Work The world economy has been expanding strongly... In 2005, the world's labor force ages 15 and older... The global unemployment rate in 2005 was 6.3%... Almost half of the world's unemployed are under 25... etc. |
BusinessWeek April 24, 2006 Diane Brady |
Take This Job And Customize It Workforce Crisis: How to Beat the Coming Shortage of Skills and Talent, offers a compelling look at demographic trends that could affect every corner of U.S. Business. |
The Motley Fool August 11, 2010 Morgan Housel |
Burnt-Out Workers Could Save the Economy What the fall in labor productivity means for our recovery. |
BusinessWeek November 7, 2005 Brian Bremner |
Japan: A Downside Of Downsizing After sharply downsizing the workforce, Japan finds it doesn't have enough workers. |
CFO March 1, 2012 |
Where the Workers Are Test your knowledge of important demographic forces shaping the global labor pool. |
Knowledge@Wharton |
Debate over Scarcity -- and Skills -- of IT Workers According to the Information Technology Association of America's May study, U.S. companies will be short nearly 600,000 qualified IT professionals over the next 12 months. |
BusinessWeek May 21, 2007 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Job Markets Will Decide The Fed's Next Move The low jobless rate, despite slower growth, heightens the inflation threat. |
Job Journal September 10, 2006 |
Unprepared for Evaporating Labor Pool A recent survey reveals a shocking failure on the part of companies to understand and prepare for a potential wave of retirement that threatens to drain many organizations of institutional memory. |
American Journal of Nursing March 2012 Brewer et al. |
Original Research: New Nurses: Has the Recession Increased Their Commitment to Their Jobs? The purpose of this study was to compare perceptions about job opportunities, as well as key attitudinal variables (such as job satisfaction and intent to stay), in two cohorts of newly licensed RNs. |
Job Journal September 7, 2008 James E. Challenger |
Older Workers Find Favor in the Current Job Market A new report shows that employment among older workers is actually on the rise, shattering the myth that these workers are particularly vulnerable in this economic downturn. Their experience and knowledge instead make them valuable assets to an employer. |
Job Journal June 20, 2004 Bob Rosner |
Working Wounded: Overqualified and Unemployed Employers are leery of highly experienced, well-educated applicants. |
BusinessWeek April 7, 2011 Peter Coy |
The Hidden Job Crisis for American Men Men are disappearing from the workplace in ways that don't always register on the official unemployment rate. |
Job Journal June 12, 2011 John Challenger |
Career Pros: New Grads Need Aggressive Strategy The fierce competition for jobs demands an aggressive strategy to secure your first step on the career ladder. |
Finance & Development June 2011 |
Closing the Jobs Gap High youth unemployment contributes to widespread unrest in the Middle East. |
CFO July 1, 2007 Kate O'Sullivan |
Business Outlook Survey Finance executives entered the summer doldrums early this year as their optimism about the U.S. economy approached a five-year low. |