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…
12 Stats and Facts – Time Wasted @Work Adds Up
1. Average hours American worker actually wastes – 2.09 hours per day 2. Top 5 Time-Wasting Excuses (%) Don’t have enough work to do 33.2% Underpaid…
12 (Staggering) Stats and Facts – Health Care Costs
Many of these statistics are based on health care cost studies published in 2002, 2006, and 2008. While some figures may be dated, these statistics are likely conservative, which makes…
10 Stats and Facts – Job Skill Mismatch
In the coming years, not enough American workers will have the right skills to fill the jobs that will be available. There are too many workers with a high school…
8 Stats and Facts – Jobless Recovery Here to Stay?
It seems that on this Labor Day weekend, the jobless recovery is here to stay. 14 million people remain unemployed. The unemployment rate remains at 9.1%. Politics aside, should…
Generational Gaps Aren’t Just for Baby Boomers and Millennials
I’m amazed each August when the Beloit College Mindset List is released. And this year’s list for the Class of 2015 is no exception. Originally intended to remind…
21 Stats and Facts – Women & the Workplace
Women have been beating the pants off the men for the better jobs. Here’s 21 stats and facts why women are better educated, getting married later (or not at…
NLRB: Don’t Go Overboard On Social Media Policy
Establishing a policy about the use of social media in the workplace, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ is a complicated task for any employer…
8 Stats and Facts – High School Dropouts
Nearly one out of every four high school students dropout. The cost is high for the dropout, community, and business…
Millennials: Are Trophy Kids Getting a Bad Rap?
Sensationalism in the media and countless books paint a picture about the emerging Millennials that might be more myth than right…