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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.   |
Knowledge@Wharton
August 27, 2003 |
What Labor Shortage? Debunking a Popular Myth It's a prediction frequently made by think tanks and consulting firms that companies and the U.S. economy are going to cope with a dearth of workers in the years to come. The problem, however, is that this piece of conventional wisdom is false. |
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. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
January 7, 2010
Peter Coy et al. |
The Disposable Worker Pay is falling, benefits are vanishing, and no one's job is secure. How companies are making the era of the temp more than temporary. |
BusinessWeek
November 7, 2005
Brian Bremner |
Japan: A Downside Of Downsizing After sharply downsizing the workforce, Japan finds it doesn't have enough workers. |
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. |
IndustryWeek
June 1, 2007
Jonathan Katz |
Labor Shortage Hits Global Markets Survey shows companies worldwide face talent crunch. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
March 27, 2006
Dexter Roberts |
How Rising Wages Are Changing The Game In China A labor shortage in China has pay soaring. That is sure to send ripples around the globe. |
IndustryWeek
May 1, 2007
Jonathan Katz |
Skilled Talent: By The Numbers Nearly half of U.S. manufacturers said they would have hired more staff if skilled talent were available. |
BusinessWeek
February 2, 2011
Peter Coy |
The Youth Unemployment Bomb From Cairo to London to Brooklyn, too many young people are jobless and disaffected. Inside the global effort to put the next generation to work. |
IndustryWeek
June 1, 2008
Jonathan Katz |
Skills Gap: By The Numbers U.S. companies may be better off finding skilled labor than their global counterparts, according to a Manpower study. |
Job Journal
October 29, 2006 |
Jobwire Worldwide Labor Shortage... Jobless Face Serious Health Risks... College Degrees Pay Off... On the Job Front... The Latest Hirings & Firings... |
| 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. |
Job Journal
January 14, 2007
Rich Heintz |
Where the Jobs Are Here's a rundown on some of the professions offering top prospects for the new year. |
BusinessWeek
October 25, 2004
Roberts & Balfour |
Is China Running Out Of Workers? As farmers stay home, factories in China scramble for employees. It's all putting pressure on wages. |
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
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? |
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. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
March 21, 2005
Michael J. Mandel |
Now Workers Can Flex Some Muscle As labor markets tighten, employees are gaining bargaining power. |
CIO
February 1, 2007
Margaret Locher |
Eastern Europe New Outsourcing Hot Spot A new study says Eastern Europe has the potential to be the next outsourcing hotspot. |
BusinessWeek
March 3, 2011
Leung & Kennedy |
Global Inflation Starts with Chinese Workers Government support and a tight labor supply are boosting wages in China. Over the next decade that will put inflationary pressure on the global economy |
Job Journal
December 18, 2005
John Challenger |
Encouraging Job Outlook for 2006 The US job market is likely to continue improving in 2006. The biggest job gains are expected to come in the financial services, technology, healthcare, energy and international business sectors. |
BusinessWeek
May 28, 2007
Rowley & Hall |
Japan's Lost Generation Japan Inc. is back, but millions of young workers have been left behind. |
Salon.com
September 20, 2000
David Moberg |
Everything you know about the new economy is wrong In California, birthplace of the high-tech boom, the wage gap is growing, setting yet another national trend... |
Knowledge@Wharton
April 9, 2003 |
Call Centers: Using Social Networks to Spur Staff Retention and Productivity Turnover at call centers, though difficult to chart, has been estimated at between 25% and 45% a year. No business likes that amount of turnover, so employers at call centers savor any tips on how to keep workers. One way to do so may be to get current workers to recommend, mentor and befriend new hires. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
November 7, 2005
Manjeet Kripalani |
India: Desperately Seeking Talent As India's economy booms, companies are scrambling to find, and keep, skilled workers. |
BusinessWeek
October 8, 2009
Peter Coy |
The Lost Generation The continuing job crisis is hitting young people especially hard - damaging both their future and the economy. |
BusinessWeek
November 25, 2009
Jane Sasseen |
The Slow Road to Jobs In recent recessions, employment has taken longer and longer to return. Why this lag may be the longest |
BusinessWeek
March 22, 2004 |
The Price Of Efficiency Stop blaming outsourcing. The drive for productivity gains is the real culprit behind anemic job growth |
CFO
March 1, 2007
Scott Leibs |
Manpower's Michael Van Handel The CFO at a business with 4,400 offices in 73 countries, Van Handel seems the ideal person to comment on the looming ''war on talent'' and its global implications. |
BusinessWeek
April 21, 2011
Drake Bennett |
The Flight of Japan's Immigrant Workers The post-earthquake loss of up to 70 percent of Japan's temporary immigrant workers may prompt more immigrant-friendly policies. |
BusinessWeek
January 13, 2011
Mehul Srivastava |
Why India Is Rethinking Its Labor Laws India's labor laws deter businesses from hiring more than 100 workers and are holding back the country's industrial growth. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2008
David Blanchard |
The Biggest Challenges Facing Manufacturers -- IndustryWeek's 2008 Salary Survey Responses Offshore competition. Finding and retaining skilled labor. Rising costs. Government regulations. Sound familiar? Manufacturing managers share many of the same headaches and confront common challenges. |
BusinessWeek
October 25, 2004
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S: A Tempest In Employment's Teacup? The recent lackluster job numbers may be saying more about the weather than the economy. Here's who softened September's job numbers: Hurricanes Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne. |
Job Journal
January 11, 2004
James E. Challenger |
Workplace Predictions Imagine one day employers bidding for workers in online auctions, work schedules set by the year vs. the week, and colleges offering a degree program in generational mediation. A look at the future of work |
Job Journal
August 31, 2003
James Challenger |
More Jobseekers Thinking Big The packages of perks at big companies can't be matched by most small firms. |
BusinessWeek
February 14, 2005
Puliyenthuruthel & Kripalani |
India: Good Help Is Hard To Find Higher wages and lavish perks reign as outsourcing outfits scramble for talent |
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. |
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. |
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 30, 2006 |
Jobwire Gas pains may boost telecommuting... Immigrant rallies impact workplace... On the job front... Likability pays off ... Global perspective on US labor shortage... |
BusinessWeek
August 8, 2005
Manjeet Kripalani |
How A Factory Became A Flash Point Violence at a Honda plant highlights India's outdated labor laws and rattles foreign investors. |
Job Journal
July 30, 2006
Mark Edward Nero |
Temporary Agencies Becoming a Permanent Solution More and more, temporary employment agencies are asked to supply companies with employees beyond the typical fill-in secretary or clerical worker. |
Job Journal
December 4, 2005 |
Jobwire for the Week of December 4, 2005 Job growth surges ahead... Sharp jobseekers take no holiday... Surplus of manufacturing jobs... Workers left out in cold?... On the job front... |
Entrepreneur
April 2006
Mark Henricks |
Can't Tech It Anymore Why are so many entrepreneurs struggling to find qualified tech employees? |
Job Journal
June 17, 2007 |
Jobwire Big month for government hiring... Solid Central Valley employment forecast... Lower productivity in 2006... High turnover in healthcare... Teach for America... On the job front... Latest hirings & firings... etc. |
