Yearly Archives: 2008
Gray ceiling disrupts succession plans for Gen Xers
While some organizations are focusing on recruiting new and replacement workers, many others are urging and enticing older workers to stay longer. This is creating a new…
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…
Over 1/5 of U.S. employers have difficulty filling positions
According to the 2008 Talent Shortage Survey conducted by Manpower, 22% of the 2,000 employers participating in the survey indicated they were having difficulty filling positions even in a…
One fifth of workers completely disengaged!
Employees who’d rather tune into their iPod than the needs of your customers are nothing new. But is the problem getting worse? As they text and instant message…
The “Hole” Story
The story wasn’t new – a perfect labor storm is brewing. But the title caught my eye. The headline in today’s (May 4, 2008) Atlanta…
And still another state (Maine) reports skilled worker shortages
Maine businesses may have trouble filling positions in the future, according to a study from the state’s labor department. The study, conducted by the Center for Workforce Research and…
Jobs at risks for offshoring
According to a recent study published by CareerBuilder.com and Wharton School of Business, more firms are offshoring high-wage, high-skill jobs that were once thought to be immune…
Job boom for workers with skills to compete
Skilled jobs remain unfilled as American workers fail to develop the necessary qualifications. According to Skills 2 Compete, a non-partisan campaign geared to ensuring our workforce competitiveness, every U…
Skilled workers needed, soon
"Labor market is weak now, but impending worker shortage will change that," says Marshall Loeb, the former editor of Fortune and Money, in a column posted to Marketwatch…
Inside the small world of skilled workers
Phoenix was swarming with call centers in the mid-1990s, and new communities quickly filled with the unskilled employees who staffed them. Flash forward a few years, and these low…