Unemployment Statistics Rely on Fuzzy Math
According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, “it isn’t all that simple to work out how many Americans are out of work…
Did the recession gives employers an excuse for shedding under-skilled workers?
It’s like the recession justified a business cleansing — wholesale layoffs, plant closings and outsourcing for the sake of avoiding bankruptcy or closing a business entirely…
Birth rates decline: The death of youth?
Birth rates in most developed countries are in a freefall. The U.S. joined the list of countries that are not giving birth to enough children to keep their populations…
Too many workers, not few skills
Despite high unemployment rates, the United States does not have enough people to fill the jobs that should be created and an oversupply of people to fill jobs that are…
Unemployment to Remain High: Abundance of Labor, Poverty of Talent
For the unemployed, the road back to employment seems to be getting longer and longer. Worse it seems to be filled with bumps that will never end…
Gray Ceiling Casts Shadow on Millennials
Slow job growth and delayed Baby Boomer retirement is erecting what I’ve called the “gray ceiling,” the inability of the next generation of employees (Generation X) to move up…
Podcast: Managing a Multi-Generation Workforce
How can business owners and managers meet the challenges of managing and working in a multi-generational workforce…
Jobs Are Scarce, But Candidates’ Expectations Aren’t
There’s an assumption pervading board rooms and inner circles of management that high unemployment is tempering the demands of candidates. I’ve got a simple response: Stop drinking the…
The Pros and Cons of Rehiring Employees Who Quit
Just a few years ago, using the axiom “time heals all wounds” and boomerang worker in the same sentence would seem so…contradictory. This shift in attitude has thrown a…